3. "May we not enumerate," continued Socrates, " among the circumstances favorable to friendship, long acquaintance, common connections, similitude of age, and union of interest?" "I acknowledge," said Demetrius, "the powerful influence of these circumstances; but they may subsist, and yet others be wanting, that are essential to mutual amity." "And what," said Socrates, "are those essentials that are wanting in Timon?" "He has forfeited my esteem and attachment," answered Demetrius.

4. "And has he also forfeited the esteem and attachment of the rest of mánkind?" continued Socrates. "Is he devoid of benevolence, generosity, gratitude, and other social affections?" "Far be it from me," cried Demetrius, "to lay 80 heavy a charge upon him. His conduct to others is, I believe, irreproachable; and it wounds me the more that he should single mè out as the object of his unkindness."

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5. "Suppose you have a very valuable horse," resumed Socrates, gentle under the treatment of others, but ungovernable when you attempt to use him; would you not endeavor, by all means, to conciliate his affections, and to treat him in the way most likely to render him tractable? Or, if you have a dog, highly prized for his fidelity, watchfulness, and care of your flocks, which is fond of your shepherds, and playful with them, and yet snarls whenever you come in his way; would you attempt to cure him of his fault, by angry looks or words, or by any other marks of

reséntment?

6. "You would surely pursue an opposite course with him; and is not the friendship of a brother of far more worth than the services of a horse, or the attachment of a dóg? Why, then, do you delay to put in practice those means, which may reconcile you to Tìmon?" Acquaint me with those means," answered Demetrius, "for I am a stranger to them." "Answer me a few questions," said Socrates. "If you desire one of your neighbors should invite you to his feast, what course would you take?" "I would invite him to mine."

7. "And how would you induce him to take the charge of your affairs when you are on a journey?" "I should be forward to do the same good office to him in his absence." "If you be solicitous to remove a prejudice which he may have received against you, how would you then behave towards him?" "I should endeavor to convince him, by my looks, words, and actions, that such a prejudice was ill-founded."

"And if he appeared inclined to reconciliation, would you reproach him with the injustice he had done you?" "No;" answered Demetrius, "I would repeat no grievances."

8. "Go," said Socrates," and pursue that conduct towards your brother, which you would practice towards a neighbor. His friendship is of inestimable worth; and nothing is more worthy in the sight of Heaven than for 'brethren to dwel. together in unity.'

QUESTIONS-1. Who had quarreled with each other? 2. With which Jid Socrates converse? 3. Among whom did he tell him he could no Sind friends? 4. What complaint did Demetrius make of his brother 5. What did Socrates admonish him to do? 6. What did he tell hin were the means?

Give the Rule for each inflection, marked in the first two verses? Or what principle are they and others emphatic, third verse? (Les. VIII Note VIII.) What Rule for the use of the circumflex, fourth versc How many persons are represented as conversing together in this lesson Should the parts of each be read in the same tone of voice? Is thi piece narrative, descriptive, or argumentative ?

LESSON LXXXVI.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Sordid, meanly avaricious; vile. 2. Groveling, low; mean. 3. Freighted, loaded, as a vessel. 4. Fraught, laden; filled. 5. Recede, go back or remove from. 6. Submission, the act of vielding.

Imperishable Wealth.-JANE TAYLOR.

1. SHALL man to sordid views confined, His powers unfold,

And waste his energy of mind

In search of gold?

Rise, rise, my soul! and spurn such low desires,
Nor quench in groveling dust heaven's noblest fires.

2. For what are all thy anxious cares,

Thy ceaseless toil?

For what, when roars the wind, thy fears

Lest, in the broil,

When bursting clouds and furious waves contend,
Thy bark, rich freighted, all ingulfed descend?

Fraught with disease-to-morrow comes

And bows thy head;

From treasured heaps and splendid domes
Thy thoughts recede:

The dream is o'er; then kiss the chastening rod,
That points the road to virtue and to God.

4. Seek then, my sòul, a nobler wealth,
And more secure,-

Content and peace, the mind's best health,
And thoughts all pure;

And deeds benevolent, and prayer, and praise,

And deep submission to Heaven's righteous ways.

QUESTIONS.-1. What are the 'low desires,' mentioned in the first verse? 2. What is meant by 'heaven's noblest fires'? 3. What is man represented to fear from the winds? 4. What is meant by dream,' third verse? 5. What is the 'nobler wealth,' which the writer exhorts us to seek ?

What inflection at gold, first verse? Why the falling at rise, and at soul? What inflection at the end of the second verse? Which has the most intense degree of emphasis, the first or second rise, first verse? What Rule for the inflections, as marked in the last verse?

LESSON LXXXVII.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Falchion, a kind of sword. 2. Tomb, a grave; a place for burial. 3. Unstable, not fixed; unsteady. 4. Miters, ornaments worn on the head of bishops. 5. Pyramids, solid bodies, terminating in a point at the top. 6. Dirge, a mournful song, or piece of music. 7. Surge, a great wave.

Napoleon at Rest.-J. PIERPONT.

1. His falchion flashed along the Nile,
His host he led through Alpine snows;
O'er Moscow's towers, that blazed the while,
His eagle flag unrolled-and froze !

2. Here sleeps he now, alone!-not one

Of all the kings whose crowns he gave,
Bends o'er his dùst; nor wife, nor son,
Has ever seen or sought his grave.

3. Behind the sea-girt rock, the star,

That led him on from crown to crown,
Has sunk, and nations from afar

Gazed as it faded and went down.

4. High is his tòmb: the ocean flood,
Far, far below, by storms is curled-
As round him heaved, while high he stood,
A stormy and unstable world.

5. Alone he sleeps: the mountain cloud,
That night hangs round him, and the breath
Of morning scatters, is the shroud

That wraps the conqueror's clay in death.

6 Pause here! The far off world at last
Breathes free; the hand that shook its thrones,
And to the earth its miters cast,

Lies powerless now beneath these stones

7. Hàrk!

Comes there from the pyramids,

And from Siberian wastes of snow,
And Europe's hills, a voice that bids

The world be awed to mourn hím ?—No!

8. The only, the perpetual dirge

That's heard here is the sea-bird's

The mournful murmur of the surge,

cry

The clouds' deep voice, the wind's low sigh.

QUESTIONS.-1. Where were some of Napoleon's military operations? 2. Where is the River Nile? 3. Where did he die? 4. How long since his death? (He died in 1821.) 5. How is his tomb described? 6. Where are his remains now buried? 7. Where formerly?

What pause is denoted by the dash, denoted by it, first line, second verse? flections as marked in the seventh verse? and wind's, used for the same purpose? this lesson ?

last line, first verse? What is
What Rule for the different in-
Are the apostrophes in That's
What example of monotone in

LESSON LXXXVIII.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Ambition, desire of honor. 2. Sapphire, (saf' fire) a species of gems. 3. Constellated, adorned with stars. 4. Mien, appearance; look. 5. Em' per y, (another form for empire,) supreme power. 6. Blazonry, pompous display; show. 7. Allay, abate; pacify.

What is Ambition ?—N. P. WILLIS.

WHAT is Ambition? 'Tis a glorious cheat!
Angels of light walk not so dazzlingly

The sapphire walls of heaven.

The unsearched mine

Hath not such gems. Earth's constellated thrones
Have not such pomp of
purple and of gold.

It hath no features. In its face is set
A mirror, and the gazer sees his own.

It looks a god, but it is like himself!
It hath a mien of empery, and smiles
Majestically sweet-but how like him!
It follows not with fortune. It is seen
Rarely, or never, in the rich man's hall.
It seeks the chamber of the gifted boy,
And lifts his humble window and comes in.
The narrow walls expand and spread away
Into a kingly palace, and the roof
Lifts to the sky, and unseen fingers work
The ceiling with rich blazonry, and write
His name in burning letters over all.
3. And ever as he shuts his wildered eyes,
The phantom comes, and lays upon his lids
A spell that murders sleep, and in his ear
Whispers a deathless word, and on his brain
Breathes a fierce thirst no water will allay.
He is henceforth its slave! His days are spent
In chaining down his heart, and watching where
To rise by human weakness; and his nights
Bring him no rest in all their blessed hours.
i. His kindred are forgotten or estranged.
Unhealthful fires burn constant in his eye.
His lip grows restless, and its smile is curled
Half into scorn-till the bright, fiery boy,
That was a daily blessing but to see,
His spirit was so bird-like and so pure,
Is frozen in the very flush of youth,
Into a cold, care-fretted, heartless man!

5. And what is its reward? At best, a nàme!

Praise-when the ear has grown too dull to hear!
Gold--when the senses it should please are dead!
Wreaths-when the hair they cover has grown gray!
Fame-when the heart it should have thrilled is numb!
All things but love-when love is all we want,
And close behind comes Death, and ere we know
That e'en these unavailing gifts are ours,

He sends us stripped and naked, to the grave!

QUESTIONS.-1. Will you answer the question proposed in the first line? 2. What is it looks a god'? 3. Where is ambition seldom found? 4. Whom does it seek, and what does it do? 5. What effect