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зare of the sick, and especially of deranged people, he so com. pletely mastered' himself, that he was never known to be thrown off his guard'.

2. The difference in happiness which is received or bestowed by the man who governs his temper, and that by the man who does not, is immense. There is no misery so constant, so distressing, and so intolerable to others', as that of having a dispo sition which is your master', and which is continually fretting itself. There are corners enough, at every turn in life, against which we may run, and at which we may break out in timpatience, if we choose.

3. Look at Roger Sherman', who rose, from a humble occupation', to a seat in the first Congress of the United States', and whose judgment was received with great deference' by that body of distinguished men'. He made himself master of his temper, and cultivated it as a great business in life'. There are one or two instances which show this part of his character in a light that is beautiful.

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4. One day, after having received his highest honors, he was sitting and reading in his parlor. A roguish student, in a room close by, held a looking-glass in such a position, as to pour the reflected rays of the sun directly in Mr. Sherman's face. He moved his chair, and the thing was repeated. A third time the chair was moved, but the looking-glass still reflected the sun in his eyes. He laid aside his book, went to the window', and many witnesses of the impudence expected to hear the ungentlemanly student severely reprimanded. He raised the window gently, and then-shut the window-blind'!

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5. I can not forbear adducing another instance of the power he had acquired over himself. He was naturally possessed of strong passions; but over these he at length obtained an extraordinary control. He became habitually calm', sedate', and selfpossessed'. Mr. Sherman was one of those men who are not ashamed to maintain the forms of religion in their families. One morning he called them all together, as usual, to lead them in prayer to God; the "old family Bible was brought out, and laid on

the table.

6. Mr. Sherman took his seat, and placed beside him one of his children, a child of his old age'; the rest of the family were seated around the room'; several of these were now grown up'. Besides these', some of the tutors of the college were boarders in the family, and were present at the time alluded to. His aged and superannuated mother occupied a corner of the room', opposite the ace where the distinguished Judge' sat.

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7. At length, he opened the Bible, and began to read. The child who was seated beside him, made some little disturbance, pon which Mr. Sherman paused, and told it to be still. Again ne proceeded'; but again he paused, to reprimand the little of fender', whose playful disposition would scarcely permit to be still. At this time, he gently tapped its ear. The blow, if blow it might be called, caught the attention of his aged mother, who now, with some effort, rose from the seat, and tottered across the room. At length, she reached the chair of Mr. Sherman, and, in a moment, most unexpectedly to him, she gave him a blow on the ear with all the force she could + summon. "There'," said she', "you strike your' child, and I will strike mine."

8. For a moment, the blood was seen mounting to the face of Mr. Sherman; but it was only for a moment, when all was calm and mild as usual. He paused'; he raised his spectacles'; he cast his eye upon his mother'; again it fell upon the book' from which he had been reading'. Not a word escaped him; but again he calmly pursued the service, and soon after, sought, in prayer, an ability to set an example before his household, which should be worthy of their imitation. Such a victory was worth more than the proudest one ever achieved on the field of battle. TODD.

QUESTIONS. Has any one a temper perfectly good? Has any one a temper so bad that it can not be governed and made pleasant? How is this done? To whom does a bad temper give most pain? Is it a duty to control it? Repeat the two anecdotes related of Judge Sherman. Give the rules for the inflections marked in this lesson. (Rules I, II, IV, VI.)

ARTICULATION.

Arc, problem, surf, arm, return, lovely, &c.

We constructed an arc, and began the problem. The surf beat heavily. Arm! warriors, arm! Return to thy dwelling, all lonely Weave the warp, and weave the woof. Send me Smith's Thucydides. Thou tear'st my heart asunder. I give my hand and heart too to this vote.

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THE TEACHER is reminded that the pupil should not neglect, before reading the sentences, to utter each difficult word by its elements, uttering two or more consonants which come together as a single sound. A few of the difficult words are placed at the head of each exercise.

LESSON VII.

ARTICULATE each letter. Child, not chile: career-ing, not dreer-ing: re-ly-ing, not re-ly-in: de-fy-ing, not de-fy-in: sweet-est, not sweet-es: waft, not waf.

1. Ephere, n. the expanse in which the | 3. Ca-reer'-ing, p. moving rapidly.

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heavenly bodies appear. 2. Moan, n. grief expressed in words or Crys'-tal, a. clear, transparent.

Swerves, v, deviates from,varies from, 4, Nest'-ling, n, a young bird in the nest.

Un-plumes', v. strips of its feathers.

THE CHILD'S INQUIRY.

1. WHAT is that, mother"?

The lark', my child'.

The morn has just looked out, and smiled,

When he starts from his humble grassy nest,

And is and away

up

with the dew on his breast,

And a hymn in his heart, to yon pure bright sphere

To warble it out in his Maker's ear.

Ever, my child', be thy morn's first lays',
Tuned, like the lark's, to thy Maker's praise'.

2. What is that, mother"?

The dove', my son.

And that low, sweet voice, like a widow's moan,
Is flowing out from her gentle breast,
+Constant and pure by that lonely nest,

As the wave is poured from some crystal turn',
For her distant dear one's quick return'.
Ever, my son', be thou like the dove';

In friendship' as faithful', as constant' in love'.

3. What is that', mother'?

The eagle', my boy,
Proudly careering in his course of joy';

Firm, in his own mountain +vigor relying';
Breasting the dark storm'; the red bolt +defying;
His wing on the wind', and his eye on the sun',
He swerves not a hair', but bears onward', right on.
Boy, may the eagle's flight ever be thine;
Onward, and upward, and true to the line.

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4. What is that, mother'?

The swan, my love.
He is floating down from his native grove;
No loved one now, no nestling nigh;
He is floating down by himself, to die.
Death darkens his eye, and unplumes his wings,
Yet his sweetest song is the last he sings.
Live so', my love', that when death shall come',
+Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home'.
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QUESTIONS.-May we not often derive useful instruction from observation of nature? What lesson is drawn from the lark? What, from the dove? The eagle? The swan? What beautiful figure in verse 2d?

In the 2d stanza, why has "that" the falling inflection? (Rule III.) Why has "mother" in the same sentence the rising inflection? (Rule IV.) Why has the answer "dove" the falling inflection? Give the rules for the inflections marked in the 3d stanza. (Rules II, 3§, III.)

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Which are the verbs in the last paragraph? Give the present tense, first person plural, indicative mode, of each. Parse "swan in the same paragraph.

ARTICULATION

THE TEACHER should require the pupil to utter each difficult word in the exercise by its elements, giving the sound and not the name of each letter or combination; as, c-a-lx, calx; f-i-lch, filch: &c. Then read carefully the sentences containing these words.

Calx, filch, fall'st, doubt, health, entomb'd, attempt, &c.

It was a species of calx, which he showed me.

The word filch is of doubtful derivation.
If thou fall'st, thou fall'st a blessed martyr.
Health is indispensable to the soldier.
Those who lie entomb'd in the cemetery.

The attempt and not the deed, confounds us.

But truth, and liberty, and virtue, would fall with him.

The song began from Jove.

Do you mean plain or playing?

I quench thee, thou flaming firebrand.

A frame of adamant, and strength cf Hercules.

The hills, and halls, and hulls.

The ranges, and changes, and hinges, and fringes.
Spasms, and prisms, and chasms, and phasms.

LESSON VIII.

PRONOUNCE Correctly.-Pret-ty, pro. prit-ty: ad-vent-ure, not adven-ter: ac-ci-dent, not c-ci-dunt: oft-en, pro. of'n: nei-ther, or nyther: yet, not yit: mod-er-ate-ly, not mod-er-it-ly: ag-o-ny, not ag-er-ny: des-c-late, not des-er-lit: for-ti-tude (pro. for-ti-tyude), not for-ti-tood, nor for-ti-tshude.

1. Gi-gan-tic, a, very great or mighty,

Con-stel-la'-tion, n, a cluster of stars, 2. Har-poon', n. a spear used for killing whales.

Le-vi'-a-than, n. a huge sea animal. 5. Top-gal'-lant, a. highest. Top-gallant sails are the highest sails commonly used in a vessel.

Cours'-es, n. the principal sails of a
ship.

Clew'-ed, p. tied, made close.
Wind'-ward, n. the point from which
the wind blows.

Ve-loc'-i-ty, n. rapidity,

Knots, n. a division of the log-line. Sailing at the rate of one or two knots to the half minute, is the same as one or two miles an hour. 6. Ca-tas'-tro-phe, n. an unfortunate conclusion, a calamity.

7. Bows, n. (pro. bouze) the rounding part of a ship's side forward.

Chains, n. links or plates of iron at the side of a vessel, abreast of the mast, by which the shrouds are extended. 8. Col-lis'-ion, n. the act of striking together. [from,

12. Re-coil', v. to start back, to shrink

THE WHALE-SHIP.

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1. THEY who go down the sea in ships, pursue a perilous vocation, and well deserve me prayers which are offered for them in the churches. It is a hard life, full of danger, and of strange attraction. The seaman rarely abandons the glorious sea. requires, however, a pretty firm spirit, both to brave the ordinary dangers of the deep, and to carry on war with its mightiest tenants. And yet it is a service readily entered upon, and zealously followed, though indisputably the most laborious and most terrific of all human pursuits. Well might Burke speak glowingly of that hardy spirit of adventure', which had pursued this gigantic game', from the constellations of the north to the frozen serpent of the south'.

2. The most common accident to which whalemen are exposed, is that of being "stove," as they express it, by the huge animal, before they can back out from their dangerous proximity. A slight tap of his tail is quite sufficient to shiver a common whaleboat to atoms. If this danger be escaped, the whale, with the harpoon in his hide, sinks beneath the sounding of the deep-sea lead. Not long will he stay at the bottom. He rises for air, and this is a

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