O take my advice-it is good! it is true!
(But, lest you may some of you doubt it,)
I'll whisper a secret, now seeing 'tis you:
I have tried it, and know all about it.

7. The chain of a debtor is heavy and cold,
Its links, all corrosion and rust,

Gild it o'er as you will, it is never of gold;
Then spurn it aside with digust.

ELIZA COOK.

XLVIII-NO EXCELLENCE WITHOUT LABOR.

1. THE education, moral and intellectual, of every indi vidual, must be chiefly his own work. Rely upon it that the ancients were right-both in morals and intellect, we give their final shape to our own characters, and thus become, emphatically, the architects of our own fortunes. How else could it happen that young men, who have had precisely the same opportunities, should be continually presenting us with such different results, and rushing to such opposite destinies? Difference of talent will not solve it, because that difference very often is in favor of the disappointed candidate.

2. You shall see, issuing from the walls of the same college--nay, sometimes from the bosom of the same familytwo young men, of whom the one shall be admitted to be a genius of high order, the other scarcely above the point. of mediocrity; yet you shall see the genius sinking and perishing in poverty, obscurity, and wretchedness; while on the other hand you shall observe the mediocre plodding nis slow, but sure way up the hill of life, gaining steadfast footing at every step, and mounting at length to eminence and distinction, an ornament to his family, a blessing to country. Now, whose work is this? Manifestly their own They are the architects of their respective fortunes.

3. The best seminary of learning that can open its portals to you, can do no more than afford you the opportu nity of instruction: but it must depend at last on yourselves, whether you will be instructed or not, or to what point you will push your instruction. And of this be as

sured, I speak from observation a certain truth: there is no excellence without great labor. It is the fiat of fate from which no power of genius can absolve you.

4. Genius unexerted is like the poor moth that flutters around a candle till it scorches itself to death. If genius be desirable at all, it is only of that great and magnanimous. kind, which, like the condor of South America, pitches from the summit of Chimborazo above the clouds, and sustains itself at pleasure, in that empyreal region, with an energy rather invigorated than weakened by the effort.

5. It is this capacity for high and long-continued exertion-this vigorous power of profound and searching investigation-this carcering and wide-spreading comprehension of mind, and those long reaches of thought, that

"Pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon,
Or dive into the bottom of the deep,

Where fathom line could never touch the ground,
And drag up drown-ed honor by the locks-"

this is the prowess, and these the hardy achievements which are to enroll your names among the great men of the earth.

WIRT.

XLIX.-WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY.

1. We have faith in old proverbs full surely,
For wisdom has traced what they tell,

"well."

And truth may be drawn up as purely
From them, as it may from a
Let us question the thinkers and doers,
And hear what they honestly say,
And you'll find they believe, like bold-wooers,
In "Where there's a will there's a way."

2. The hills have been high for man's mounting,
The woods have been dense for his ax,
The stars have been thick for his counting,
The sands have been wide for his tracks.

The sea has been deep for his diving,

The poles have been broad for his sway,
But bravely he's proved by his striving,

That "Where there's a will there's a way."

3. Have ye vices that ask a destroyer,
Or passions that need your control?
Let Reason become your employer,

And your body be ruled by your soul.
Fight on, though ye bleed at the trial,
Resist with all strength that ye may,
Ye may conquer Sin's host by denial,

For "Where there's a will there's a way.

4. Have ye poverty's pinching to cope with?
Does suffering weigh down your might?
Only call up a spirit to hope with,

And dawn may come out of the night.
Oh! much may be done by defying
The ghost of Despair and Dismay,
And much may be gained by relying

On "Where there's a will there's a way."

5. Should ye see afar off that worth winning,
Set out on a journey with trust,

And ne'er heed though your path at beginning
Should be among brambles and dust.

Though it is by footsteps ye do it,

And hardships may hinder and stay.

Keep a heart and be sure you go through it,
For "Where there's a will there's a way."

ELIZA COOK.

L.-VARIETIES.

1. A MAXIM OF WASHINGTON.

1. "LABOR to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, conscience," was one of a series of maxims which Washington framed or copied for his own use when a boy. His igid adherence to principle, his steadfast discharge of duty, his utter abandonment of self, his unreserved devotion to whatever interests were committed to his care, attest the vigilance with which he obeyed that maxim. He kept alive that spark. He made it shine before men. He kindled it into a flame that illumined his life. No occasion was so momentous, no circumstance so minute, as to

absolve him from following its guiding ray. The explana. tion in his account-book, in regard to his wife's annual visit to the camp during the revolutionary war, and his passing allusion to the "self-denial" which the exigences of his country had cost him, furnish a charming illustration of his habitual exactness.

2. The fact that every barrel of flour, which bore the brand of. "George Washington, Mount Vernon," was exempted from the otherwise uniform inspection in the West India ports that name being regarded as an ample guarantee of the quality and quantity of any article to which it was affixed-supplies a not less striking proof that his exactness was every where understood.

2.-MIRTH.

1. It is something even to look upon enjoyment, so that it be free and wild, and in the face of nature, though it is but the enjoyment of an idiot. It is something to know that heaven has left the capacity of gladness in such a creature's breast; it is something to be assured that, however lightly men may crush that faculty in their fellows, the great Creator of mankind imparts it even to his despised and slighted work. Who would not rather see a poor idiot happy in the sunlight, than a wise man pining in jail?

2. Ye men of gloom and austerity, who paint the face of Infinite Benevolence with an eternal frown, read in the everlasting book, wide open to your view, the lesson it would teach. Its pictures are not in the black and somber hues, but bright and glowing tints; its music, save when ye drown it, is not in sighs and groans, but in songs and cheerful sounds. Listen to the million of voices in the summer air, and find one dismal as your own. Remember, if you can. the sense of hope and pleasure which every grand return of day awakens in the breast of all your kind, who have not changed your nature, and learn wisdom even from the witless, when their hearts are lifted up, they know not why, ky al' the mirth and happiness it brings.

CHAS. DICKENS.

3.-ENGAGING MANNERS.

THERE are a thousand pretty, engaging little ways which every person may put on, without the risk of being deemed either affected or foppish. The sweet smile, the quiet cordial bow, the carnest movement in addressing a friend, or more especially a stranger, whom one may recommend to our good regards, the inquiring glance, the graceful attention which is captivating when united with self-posses. sion, these will insure us the good regards of even a churl. Above all there is a certain softness of manner which should be cultivated, and which, in either man or woman, adds a charm that almost entirely compensates for lack of beauty. The voice may be modulated so to intonate, that it will speak directly to the heart, and from that elicit an answer; and politeness may be made essential to our nature. Neither is time thrown away in attending to such things, insignificant as they may seem to those who engage in weightier matters.

LI. GOOD TEMPER.

1. THERE's not a cheaper thing on earth,
Nor yet one half so dear;

'Tis worth more than distinguished birth,
Or thousands gained a year.

2. It lends the day a new delight;
'Tis virtue's firmest shield;

And adds more beauty to the night
Than all the stars may yield.

3. It maketh poverty content,
To sorrow whispers peace;
It is a gift from heaven sent
For mortals to increase.

4. It meets you with a smile at morn;
It lulls you to repose;

A flower for peer and peasant born,
An everlasting rose.

5. A charm to banish grief away,
To free the brow from care;