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ttJE ALGEBR\IST.
\Translated from the “IEstories Para-
boles of P. Bona< e.Aturc.'"
A philosopher accustomed to alge
braic calculations, hr.ving heard a ser-
luon upon eternity, was dissatislied
with the suppositions and examples
proposed by tlie preacher; and return
ing home, and retiring to liis study, he
set himself to think upon the subject,
and threw Ids thoughts together upon
paper as they arose, in the following
manner.
1. Finite, or what has an cad, com
pared with infinite, or what has no
«nd, is nothing. A hundred millions
of years, compared with eternity, are
-nothing.
2. There is more proportion be
tween the least finite & greatestfinit,
than there is between the greatest fin-
itc&infinite.. There is more dispropor
tion between an hour. & a 100,000.000
N of yeAr%, than there is between a 100,
000,000 of years&eternity;beeause the
least finite makes part of the greatest,
whereas the greatest finite makes no
part of infinite. An hour makes a
S art of a hundred millions of years,
eeause a hundred millions of years
are only an hour repeated a certain
aaumber of times; whereas a hundred
millions of years make no part of eter
nity; and eternity is not a hundred
millions repeated a certain number of
times.
3. With regard to infinite, the
least or the greatest are the same
thing: with regard to eternity, an hour
or a hundred millions of years are the
earns thing: the duration of the life of
man, or the duration of the world are
the seme thing, because both of them
»re nothing, and nothing admits not of
more pr less.
All this being evident and granted,
I now suppose Got^to grant you who
t?oad {his buta quarter of an hour to
BIOGRAPHICAL.
From the Washington City Chronicle.
TO THE EDITORS.
Gentlemen: The sketch of Henry
Brougham, whteh I have extract! d
in part, from (he Athenaeum is calcu
lated to ailne nis'i American statesmen
to beware of devoti . their talents to
party purposes The author, who
ever he is, writes m< re like a sound
citizen than a regal subject. First, he
shows the evil of party politic s. Sec
ondly, the excellent tendency of dif
fused education. Thirdly, the great
superiority of moral to mere intellect
ual culture. Las'ly, he points out the
paths of glory—fora lawyer, states
man, orator. So that, under the
garb of a biographical notice, great
lessons are insinuated. Yours. Sic.
J. B.C.
MEMOIR OF HENRY BROUGH
AM.
Abridged for the W. C. Chronicle.
The great misfortune of Mr.
R rough am is.that he has uniformlybeen
a partisan. It is at intervals only that
he has labored in other public jpaths.-
live, wherein to secure an eternity of
iiappiuess, and avoid an eternity o,
misery; and, at the same time, to re
veal to you that the woild itseli
should come to an end an hour after
your death; I ask, upon this supposi
tion, what a. count you would make
ol the world and its judgment? W hat
account would you make of its pains
or pleasures during your lives:—-
With vvhal care would you not think
yourseltes obliged to employ your
selves Ioi God, and every moment ot
your lives to prepare yourselves toi
death! U loots that y e are! do ye noi
perceive with respect to uod, w ith
respect to eltrniiy, the supposition 1
have just made is indeed a relative,
that tho duration ol your lives, com-
pareu with eiejm.j/, is Rss ihan qn, i-
ler of an hour; atiu the duration of tin.
universe less than an hour?
r aiso make another supposition;—
If you liiiu a hundred years to live,
ami, for your support the whole oi this
period, must only have what you
could carry elf in the space of an
hour, from a treasury oi gold and sil
ver coin, the entrance to w nidi shou u
be left open during that hour; I ask,
in whaf would you employ the hour/
In sleeping, walking, feasting, or di
version? Doubtlesslnot; but in amass
ing riches, and in loading yourselves
with gold in preference to silver. O
fools that y e are! we must exist to all
eternity, and during this eternity we
should have the reward secured in
time, and during the short space of
our lives; and yet vve employ not ail
our time in endeavpuring to obtain a
great reward.
But you will say to me, during our
lives it is necessary to sleep, to drink,
and to eat, and to lake some recrea
tion. I gtant it: but what hinders,
but like ht. Paul you may do all tor
the love oi' God, and thereby obtain
recompense ior-all? It must be con
fessed, that the passions are so lively,
and opportunity so seducing, that it is
a wonder there should be one right
eous man upon earth: nevertheless
there are such; and it is the effect of
the mercy of God, and the grace of
he Redeemer. On the other hand,
death, judgment, and eternity, are
truths so terrible that it is astonishing
there s-io dd be one sinner upon earth:
such however, there are: this is (he
effect of these great truths being for
gotten Let us then meditate, watch,
an’d pray, that w ( e m; y he of the num
ber of the righteous in lime and in e-
lernity.
Such was the sermon our philoso
pher made for himself, and with which
he was so satisfied that he read it ev
ery day—he did more, lie profited by
it, and led a holy life, conformable to
the great truth lie had continually be
fore his eyes.
By lending to a faction his powerful
name and extraordinary talents, to
gether with all the well merited in
fluence of his genuine public services,
he has done far more than any oue liv
ing to invigorate the spirit o. party—
the spirit which makes men anxious
for names and not for things, lor men,
and not for truths, for accidents and not
for principles, lor pretences and not lor
realities. & not only has he done much
to strengthen the principle of party,
but he has exhibited in his own per
son a striking instance of its evils.—
For w ho, in reference to the history
ot the last twenty years, and compar
ing what has been cone by Mr. ijroug-
h..m with the v„st questions that bate
• ■eon disputed during his life, can
uoubl that, but lor the party by whkb
iie has so long been displayed in tri
umphs. a mamu led captive, he would
have u(\ ompiislitd immensely more
guod than almost anj uti,*., .... i, nab ,
nad, m our day, the oppoi tunity oi a-
cliH.vmg. But this is a painful mat
ter, and one from which, at least to.
the present, we will turn away. 1 be
queen s trial scarcely involved any of
the great political principles at stake
among mankind. But it was cei la in
ly satisfactory to sec Mr. Brougham s
abilities employed in defence of a wo
man, who, whether guilty or innocent,
was certainly .Jar Ike least guilty oj the /
tip. least moral and the least sublime as
sembles in tne world.
Tin wonderful energy of his mind
has alio sh ua itself in a very amica
ble aid beuefaeenl tight witq regard
to West India slavery. '1 hat dis
graceful plague-spit in our empire is
preserved from everypurilying- touch
by a barrier of iuerested power
which it is dangerousand almost hope
less to assail. The slain proposition,
••that mtluug cun gif one mi n u com
plete anil indefeasible right ovei tne tali
of another,' is met with such a com
plex hostility ofaicient prejudice, and
desperate self interest, that, the man
who ajjersto prof-vie In e worship rf the
monslro/s Idol set by these uebusers oj 'hu
manity deserves lo be protected ana cu-
coureged by tne applause of all good
me* Honor and praise be to those
ybo use the talents God has given
them in working charity to his crea-
X u r* v!
Nor unworthy of being mentioned
together with these things tue the ex
ertions of Mr. Brougham for education.
b’irst came the plan of a national sys
tem of instruction: then the mechanics’
Institutes; then (he Loudon University,
J lien the Societ./ for Useful Know tea ge.
We diller on many points with Mr.
Brougham as to the best mode of edu
cation, but who can want esteem, vve
had almost said affection, lor the man
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two parties. Mr. Brougham's speech-] who under a constant violence of eppo-
es vve re incomparably the ablest that sition, has attempted all this and realized
me occasion drew lorth. \et the so much of it. Mr. Brougham, by these
excess ol the public interest on that [various endeavors, has sought to clear
trial overpowered even his abilities, lawny the clouds and thick darkness
llis eloquence, acute and splendid as j which have so long rested on the land,
much as it was, c]<d not equal an ex- and to make knowledge an inheritance
peetation that knew no indifference,&. j common as the air, to all, instead of
paused at no limits. Assembled Greece jits being a precious influence confined
which crowded around Demosthenes, to the selected few'. Happy indeed
at the contest for the crown, must would be the oppressors of mankind,
probably been disappointed, even by | il they could monopolize mental ae-
tliat magnificent oration, which still ‘
remains to feed our delight, and com
mand our astonishment.
Mr. B rougham s conduct respecting
the Roman Catholic question has been
consistent and admirable; and his
great and undeniable popularity is a
decisive refutation of the statement
that emancipation, and all its support
ers, are regarded n ith horror by the
middle classes of England.' Still it is
scarcely a thing to be dwelt upon to Ids
praise, that he is averse to civil ine
qualities on account of religion; for it
may he taken for granted by every
man, net a clergyman, who is at all su
perior in social wisdom to the mass of
mankind. Vet, though we do not
mention it to his praise, it is agreeable
to contemplate another addition lo the
throng of illustrious names which may
be inscribed on the banners of eman
cipation. Grattan, Burke, Fox, Plun-
ket. Canning, and we are delighted to
be able to add, Chalmers—are men
with whom even Mr. Brougham need
not be ashamed to ally himself. His
opposition to the orders in council
ouching American commerce, is a-
uother of the bright honors in Mr.
Brougham’s career. On this subject
he displayed some of the highest qual
ities of eloquence; and his speeches
may he recollected with the more
satisfaction, because the talents they
exhibited were put forth in opposition
to a stupid and mischievous monopo-
! y-
His disposition to concern himself
heartily for the good of the people has
been especially displayed in his puo-
posals for reform in the laws. In
their long oration which has lately
been delivered, though the evil is not
sought for nearly deep enough; yet the
wish to examine and amend is so clear
ly displayed, and the general abstin
ence of a great rhetorician from all
needless rhetorical display, is sc
marked and praiseworthy, that it de
serves to be estimated as one of the
most valuable speeches ever spoken
in the House of Commons. The con
clusion, too, of this speech may he
noted ns an impressive example of el
oquence, and one in which the moral
sublime of the sentiment was carried
as far at. would be tolerated in one of
is around him, ;>iui impresses lumst 11
upon it. But he never attempts lo
withdraw from the turbulent 'and
eagre jmsent into ti»ose. regions of
purer and more abstract feeling, to
which the best and wisest natuics hab
itually journey. Nevertheless, if w e
rank him either among lawyers or
statesmen, he stands foith ii m ih e
crow d, with a loftiness of statute and
brightness oj glory, which m cur day and
laud have belonged to uont beside,
Bdoie vve conclude tins brief
sketch, it may be worth while to i on-
Sider, by what qualities, and n what
circumstances, lie has attained
present eminence.
The ordina.y subject of marvel
•nth reference to Mr. Broughams,
is the variety of his powers anu ; t>*
taiiimcnts: and he is undoubtly entitled
to be considered as an orator, an eemo-
mist, and person of scientific inf rma-
tion, as u ell as a luwyer and a slaus-
nutn. The min.i that has th
itself actively into those various
of exert ion, and has earned a just
station in most of them, though it
need not be a mind of the highest
character, must obviously be om of
no common stature; and in truth Mr.
Brougham is distinguished by sev.-ial
very remarkable qualifications. His
class ot powers is neither that distiu-,
guished by reason, nor by imagination,,
His great peculiarity is era.geticfeel
ing. ' But as bis mind is far more dis*
cursive then Creative, his feeling!}
habitually display themstlves in ~a
dress ol logic. He is fherefoie espe.
rally fited to excel as an orator; and
unquestionably the most extraordina-s
ry efforts of his talents are rhetorical*
1 e is deficient in no one of the wlfiji •
lies necessary to eloquent e, ami pcs-
sesoss many of them in the highest per
fection. He has of wit abundance, •: {
quirements like food, or privileges, or fancy enough, botlu'wgenuity a no , n>ct
titles, and leave the mass of men stu- oi argumentation, ann u quickness
fid as they are unprotected, arid as strength of sarcasm overpowering at.d
narrowed in thought as they are le j tremendous. Ilis giealest cufict is
stnetedin action, but the mind, thank merely of style. In the present ; gc,
God, is free and open, even though it is extremely difficult to selccT a
the hands be chained; & if the evils of phraseology for oraioiy; as ihe rieli
our social system have degraded the and masculine language of our early
great mass of the peoj le of this eoun-
tiy, it has been Mr. Brougham s ue-
sire lo elevate their intellects from
the dust, and to npurish them into
strength by instruction. The Me-
ehani s’ Institutes and the Society for
useful knowledge, are .admirable in
struments of so exalted a design.—
The London University attempts n-
nnther hind of good, and must appa
rently succeed in accomplishing it.—
In sustaining such a project he has
done a good to bis country, which e-
, literature has fallen into neglect, am]
! is scarcely intelligible to the nn ny,
and the meagerness ol cur prestlit
diplion is utterly insufficient for large
purposes or powerful elicits. Mr.
Brougham lias at templed to it mei y
this penury, partly by drawing tkq
materials oi Iiis style fiom the giea{
1 authors of the U/th con u:y, hi t chief,
ly by recurring to Greek ai.d Roman
writers, from whom he has dot.mr]
no small variety of [ lirast—sinewy,
indeed, and impressive, but not very
ven England could not repay. One of ! well harmonizing with the other eie^
the most permanent evils of our con
dition is the aristocratic and ecclesi
astic monopoly of opinion. The only
recognized and fashionable means of
education among us arc in the hand of
those who have-on interest in teaching
aristocracy rather than politics and a
creed rather than a religion. Many
errors may be taught in the new Uni
versity—though probably not so many
as in institutions which are, at least
to a certain extent, found to stand still
while the world is moving forward. And
this is, in truth, the great point, that
there shall be nothing to shackle, noth
ing to detain; that, if we donot draw on
the age, at least vve may not hold it
<lack; and if we are not masters, we
may in all events, be servants to time,
't is well to embody know ledge in in
stitutions; but it is well also to remem
ber that 4in improving and expanding
soul must he united forever to a body,
which cannot improve or grow, and
that if the material portion of man
were eternal, it would become a dun
geon to the perfected spirit.
The errors of Mr. Brougham's sys
tem of education connect themselves
close with the general character of
liis mind. The domain of his affec
tions is the outward; the study of his
life has been the positive. His days
have been divided between the re
searches of science and the contentions
of law and government. He secs what
ments pi his language, or sounding
very native to"English ears. It is an
error, however, "into which he has
been driven, in company with many
of the greatest orators of our count ty.
Chatham imitated, and sometimes
plundered; Barrow Burke colic, ted
and heaped up liis brilliance from ai*
most every accessible stoiehouse:
Irom elder poetry and modern seie-:
nee—from the libraries of Ac ad< me,
and the workshop of Sheffield: and
Grattan, whose style belongs more
peculiarly to this age, was obliged to
enrich the barrenness of the 18th t t n*
tury with exuberant metaphor, and to
point outfeebleuesswith redundant am'
titheses.
There is even a moie stilling siiw
gularily in Mr. Brougha-m’s eloquence
than the words lie employs, nanu !v,
the sentences into which .lie ens s
them. They are distinguished by a
rugged and broken involution a care
less complication of clauses which
separates them from Ihe periods of
every one else vve remember He
seems so full of liis subject that w 1 cn
he has got hold of the frame work of
a sentence, rattler (linn waste time iij
making another to contain a rew’ por
tion of meaning, he goes on filling and
piling up the first with argument crj
argument, and image on image, till b«
makes the whole a mass resi milling q
heap of stones andJlov^, frq||j«}
