And got not a convert for all of his pains,

But only derision, and prison, and chains,—

"It moves, for all that!" was his answering tone;
For he knew, like the Earth, he could "go it alone!"

4. When Kepler,2 with intellect piercing afar,

Discovered the laws of each planet and star,

And doctors, who ought to have lauded his name,
Derided his learning, and blackened his fame,

"I can wait," he replied, "till the truth you shall

own;

For he felt in his heart he could "go it alone!"

5. Alas for the player who idly depends,

In the struggle of life, upon kindred and friends!
Whatever the value of blessings like these,
They can never atone for inglorious ease;
Nor comfort the coward, who finds, with a groan,
That his crutches have left him to " go it alone!"

6. There's something, no doubt, in the hand you may hold; Health, family, culture, wit, beauty, and gold, The fortunate owner may fairly regard

As, each in its way, a most excellent card;

Yet the game may be lost with all these for your own,
Unless you've the courage to "go it alone!"

7. In battle or business, whatever the game,
In law or in love, it is ever the same;

In the struggle for power, or the scramble for pelf,
Let this be your motto,-"Rely on yourself!"
For, whether the prize be a ribbon or throne,
The victor is he who can "go it alone!"

LESSON XLIIL

KEEP IN STEP.

ANON.

Those who would walk together, must keep in step. — OLD PROVERB.

1.

A

Y, the world keeps moving forward,
Like an army marching by:

Hear you not its heavy footfall

That resoundeth to the sky'?
Some bold spirits bear the banner,
Souls of sweetness chant the song,
Lips of energy and fervor

Make the timid-hearted strong!
Like brave soldiers, we march forward:
If you linger or turn back,

You must look to get a jostling
While you stand upon our track.
KEEP IN STEP!

2. My good neighbor, Master Standstill,
Gazes on it as it goes,

Not quite sure but he is dreaming
In his afternoon's repose.
"Nothing good," he says, "can issue
From this endless 'moving on ;'
Ancient laws and institutions

Are decaying, or are gone.

We are rushing on to ruin

With our mad, new-fangled ways.'
While he speaks, a thousand voices,
As the heart of one man, say,-
"KEEP IN STEP!"

3. Be assured, good Master Standstill,
All-wise Providence designed
Aspiration and progression

For the yearning human mind.
Generations left their blessings
In the relics of their skill;
Generations yet are longing
For a greater glory still.

And the shades of our forefathers
Are not jealous of our deed:
We but follow where they beckon,
We but go where they do lead!
KEEP IN STEP !

4. One detachment of our army
May encamp upon the hill,
While another in the valley

May enjoy "its own sweet will: "
This may answer to one watchword,
That may echo to another;

But in unity and concord,

They discern that each is brother!
Breast to breast they're marching onward
In a good and peaceful way:
You'll be jostled if you hinder,
So don't offer let or stay:
KEEP IN STEP!

LESSON XLIV.

1 SHAK'SPEARE, WILLIAM. See note, p. 106.

ARK' WRIGHT, SIR RICHARD, was born in Preston in 1732. When thirtyfive years of age, he devoted his attention to the subject of inventions for spinning cotton. Mills for spinning cotton by his machinery

were first erected in Nottingham. The system has been universally adopted, and, in all its main features, remains unaltered to the present time. Out of his invention have grown up the largest manufacture, the largest trade, the largest revenue, some of the largest cities, and the largest national prosperity, in the world. Although defrauded out of his patent right, yet by indomitable energy he turned the tide of prosperity and wealth to his own advantage, and left a large fortune to his heirs.

CO LUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER, the discoverer of America in 1492, was born in Genoa, Italy, 1436; and died May 20, 1506.

ENCOURAGEMENTS IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWL

A

EDGE.

EDWARD EVERETT.

N idea, I fear, prevails, that truths are obvious enough

in themselves, but that they apply only to men of literary education,-to professional characters, and persons of fortune and leisure; and that it is out of the power of the other classes of society, and those who pass most of their time in manual labor and mechanical industry, to engage in the pursuit of knowledge with any hope of being useful to themselves and others.

2. This I believe to be a great error. What is it that we wish to improve? THE MIND. Is this a thing monopolized by any class of society'? God forbid it is the heritage with which he has endowed all the children of the great family of man. Is it a treasure belonging to the wealthy'? It is talent bestowed alike on rich and poor, high and low. But this is not all: mind is, in all men, and in every man, the same active, living, and creative principle; it is the man himself.

3. One of the renowned philosophers of heathen antiquity beautifully said of the intellectual faculties, “I call them not mine, but me.". It is these which make the man, which are the man. I do not say that opportunities, that wealth, leisure, and great advantages for education, are

nothing: but I do say, they are much less than is commonly supposed; I do say, as a general rule, that the amount of useful knowledge which men acquire, and the good they do with it, are by no means in direct proportion to the degree to which they have enjoyed what are commonly called the great advantages of life.

4. Wisdom does sometimes, but not most commonly, feed her children with a silver spoon. I believe it is perfectly correct to say, that a small proportion only of those who have been most distinguished for the improvement of their minds have enjoyed the best advantages for education. I do not mean to detract, in the least degree, from the advantages of the various seminaries for learning which public and private liberality has founded in our country. They serve as places where a large number of persons are prepared for their employment in the various occupations which the public service requires.

5. But, I repeat it, of the great benefactors of our race, the men who, by wonderful inventions, remarkable discoveries, and extraordinary improvements, have conferred the most eminent service on their fellow-men, and gained the highest names in history, by far the greater part have been men of humble origin, narrow fortunes, small advantages, and self-taught.

6. And this springs from the nature of the mind of man, which is not, like natural things, a vessel to be filled up from without; into which you may pour a little or pour much, and then measure, as with a gauge, the degrees of knowledge imparted. The knowledge that can be so imparted is the least valuable kind of knowledge; and the man who has nothing but this, may be very learned, but can not be very wise. In this great respect, the most important that touches human condition, - we are all equal.

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