in his life the quietness, the order, the patriotism, and the character, which it is his duty to promote; from the Judges on the bench, forgetful of persons, and passing transitory circumstance, remembering the awful idea of justice above, preserving their ermine unspotted from the stains of spite and prejudice, of personality and partisanship; from the Merchant, who, by strict integrity, high honor, business capacity, courtesy, and promptness, incarnates the character of his country in the eyes of the foreigner, and gives pride and hope to his fellow-citizens; from the plodding, enterprising Farmer, married to the soil, and, like a faithful spouse, rejoicing in its fruitfulness; from the Mechanic and the Artisan—types of honest, patient industry, exhibiting daily thrift, skill, and ingenuity, the honest pride of manly energy, and the dignity of healthful toil; from the Sailor and the Trader—the latter penetrating the wilderness, and the former ploughing the main, yet both exhibiting that boldness, endurance, daring, and courage, which serve to fill up the hardy element of a people's character and to prompt its youth to ambition and adventure; from the Teacher and the Clergyman, the representatives of maimers and refinement, of culture and enlightenment, of high morals and pure speech; holding the tender hearts of little children in their hands, and training the young, the mature, and the aged in those lofty truths and those divine principles which sanctify life in all its phases, and which tell upon eternity.
These are some of the sources whence proceeds the cultivation of the men and manhood of a nation. I
