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more impudent confessions af having "done the people of the United States and Great Britain."

It is a miserable incident to human life, that plain dealing and straight-forward conduct should meet with such ill returns; and that the busy parts of mankind should nearly all be employed in playing games of deception: for, is it not so? strengthen a man's conceit of himself, and let him drink copiously of the Circean cup of flattery, and he loves you; but I become his enemy if I tell him the truth. So it will ever be until the mental cataract is couched through the physical; and not before, will all old things pass away, and all things become new. And even when the mental vision has been operated upon, are we to overwork the brain? Of the evils resulting from an over-wrought sensorium, let one example suffice copied from the Autobiography of a Senator:-Having witnessed the miserable consequences, I could not read the correspondence between William Pitt and his father, without a feeling of terror. Never did man go so near to destroy the intellect of his son by over-excitement, as that arrogant, unreasonable, imperious, and much over-rated man, the great Earl of Chatham, as he is called. "Courage, my son," said he, in one of his letters, when the poor was complaining of the enormous variety of topics urged on his attention-"Courage, my boy; there is only the Cyclopædia to learn." Mr. Pitt was very near falling a sacrifice to his father's ambition. Great as were his talents, I do not doubt they would have been much greater had they been more slowly cultivated; and he might then have attained the ordinary length of human

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life, instead of his brain wearing out his body at so early an age. To see him as I have done, come into Bellamy's after the excitement of debate, in a state of collapse that, with his uncouth countenance, gave him the air of insanity, swallow a steak without mastication, and drink a bottle of port wine almost at a draught, and be then barely wound up to the level of ordinary impulse; would repeat this process twice, or I believe, even three times in the course of the night;-was a frightful example of over-cultivation of the brain, before it had attained its full development. So much had its excitability been exhausted by premature and excessive moral stimuli, that when his ambition was sated, it was incapable of even keeping itself in action without the physical stimulants we have spoken of. Men call this sad exhibition the triumph of mind over matter. I call it the contest of brain and body, where a victory is obtained at the sacrifice of life. A man's glory ought not to be, as it frequently is, converted to his ruin.

"I do protest against your increasing and unprofitable scepticism. I exhort you to restrain the violent tendency of your nature to analysis, and to cultivate synthetical principles. What is virtue? what's the use of truth? what's the use of honour? What's a guinea but a yellow circle? Your whole effort of mind is to destroy. Because others build slightly or eagerly, you employ yourselves in kicking down their houses, and contract a sort of aversion for the more honourable, useful, and difficult task of building well yourself." "The ministry have thrown me over

board," said a disappointed politician; but added, "I have strength to swim to the other side."

The only shadow of argument against a Millenium, for which many good men are stigmatised not only as wild and visionary, but as bad members of society,-is, we are told, that family attachments would be weakened or lost in the general principle of benevolence when every man became a brother; that exclusive friendships could be no longer formed, because they would interfere with the true claims of justice and humanity; and moreover, it would be no longer necessary to keep alive the stream of the affections by confining them to a particular channel, when they would be continually refreshed, invigorated, and would overflow with the diffusive soul of mutual philanthropy, and generous undivided sympathy with all men. Let Him who spake as never man spake, reply to these reasoners- "He that would be My disciple, must forsake all." "There came then His brethren, and His mother, and standing without, sent unto Him, calling Him. And the multitude sat about Him; and they said unto Him, Behold, Thy mother and Thy brethren without seek for Thee. And He answered them, saying, Who is My mother and My brethren? And He looked round on them which sat about Him, and said, Behold My mother and My brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of My FATHER which is in Heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother."

Our motives are pure, and we have courage enough to make known truths likely to prove beneficial. Our writings will corrupt no one; and this is the only merit we

are anxious to claim. Most thankful are we that our lot in life was not that most worthless of all professions—a useless aimless gentleman. There is as little virtue in doing nothing, as there is in selling indiscriminately any kind of poison, whether in the shape of alcohol, tobacco, opium, or any other vendible vegetable drug.

It has been found by Dr. Hassal and others, on strictly scientific grounds, that a great proportion of those dealing in' articles of food, were in the habit of adulterating them. to a serious extent; indifferent to their thus deranging the stomach and sensorium, and ruining the health of their customers, if by such a practice they should be able to put a little more money into their own pockets. The most sensible reform would be to frame a law that shall condemn all tradesmen convicted of adulteration, to consume their own goods. To such an extent had this system been carried, that it was impossible to be sure of the genuineness of a single article of food or drink, whatever might be the price paid for it. The working classes are the great sufferers, as every medical man's practice can testify; and as it has been observed in Chambers' Journal, “it is a strange but actual anomaly of our age, that a serious brewer might be subscribing to ragged schools and churches with one hand, while cheating the ragged out of their money with the other." What more common than for alcoholic vendors upon an Atlantic scale, giving princely donations to churches, and chapels, and ragged schools? to all outward appearance respectable men, nay, even taking a lead in all religious plans for the benefit of humbler people. Our virtuous indignation knows no bounds when we ponder on

the various delinquencies which have been brought to light during the past three years.

Pray, what is the cause-the great motive to all this cupidity and eagerness for riches? The response is easy: a wayfaring man, though a fool, cannot help perceiving and deploring it;-need we say, it is the prevalence of luxurious habits amongst those in fault. What cares a certain class for there being a sting in every luxury— every superfluity, providing they can make this silly old world of ours stare? The dismantled stick which falls after the transient meteor, has soared up into the third heavens; the smash sometimes after the dash-the chaos succeeding the sparkle-are after-considerations. Fineness does indeed banish friendliness. A man is nothing thought of unless he lives in a fine house, and entertains his friends with rich food and costly wines. His wife and daughters must dress elegantly, and partake of expensive amusements. Doing nothing whatever, they are a cause of outlay to the husband and father, without contributing anything to the general stock. He is thus obliged to devote himself, body and mind, to the making of money: money must be had, by whatever means. Well, then, can it be wondered at (asks Mr. Hobson) that under these circumstances many foul and fraudulent things are done? Sad to say, the luxuries and fineries on which the money is spent, give little real enjoyment-often none at all; might rather be said to create inconvenience, and bring pain, than do any real good. They minister chiefly to vanity. From his own observation he could testify that the dozen people sitting at a superb dinner which lasted

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