05 Mar 1839
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Newspaper
American Union
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1839
Page
1
An ornate meditation contrasts a mighty man whose vigor fades with age to a dancing beautiful youth and a peaceful child. It reflects on mortality, memory loss, and the fragility of earthly perfection as the speaker contemplates life, beauty, and the hope of spiritual renewal.
A reflective passage describes a world renouncing gratitude to God while praising a rich leader famous for wealth and lineage. Beneath his success the cries of laborers and the hungry go unheard, yet revelry fills his halls. The narrator recalls the once teachable child and laments the fall from perfection.
A reflective essay argues that genius survives beyond past ages and natural science expands but does not diminish poetic reach. It contrasts ancient myth with modern imagination and describes the first Pilgrim settlement’s humble origins and the sense of home as a living, spiritual landscape.
The excerpt argues that while old religious forms fade, the poet remains heir to vast sacred imaginations. It notes Jupiter and Venus as symbols of greatness and beauty, celebrates the genius of modern writers, and asserts that criticism should not despair at decline.
A patriotic meditation highlights the homeland as the cradle of virtue and liberty. It declares that true freedom dwells in the heart, binding the individual to country, family, and ancestral laws, and rejects foreign domination as incompatible with a noble, heavenly lineage.
A string of Diogenes quips is recounted with sharp wit on hypocrisy, pride, and social vices. Notable lines include his remarks on a bad singer, a door inscription, mischief with stones, and dinner hours. The final garbled fragment ends the collection with a shrug of paradox.
A Boston area clergyman’s tale describes hardship at Harvard College where funds were scarce. He finds a gold ring stuck to his staff near Cambridge, given by a benevolent jeweler, enabling purchase of linen and shirts and brighter prospects. The ring is believed dropped by a British officer during the Revolutionary War.
A quotation reflects on truth as a lasting flame passed through generations. It emphasizes moral truth guiding humanity, with each generation preserving and renewing the legacy by new carriers of enlightenment.
An advocate who yields to angry invective signals weakness in his cause. Truth thrives on calm reasoning, while passion breeds bias. A love of truth seeks dispassionate, respectful argument, elevating discourse over anger.
Historical fragment reports Paul the Roman citizen beheaded just outside the walls and Peter the Plebeian executed by the stake and block. Describes their deaths with prescribed cruelty and indignity as part of ancient martyr narratives.
From the Boston Quarterly Review a detailed analysis of two enduring party types in political life. It argues that stationary privilege class interests favor the few while the movement toward equality empowers the many. The piece traces the Federal era to modern Whig and Democratic factions, urging independent treasury over a national bank to curb money power and preserve democratic aims.
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