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It is a good thing early to teach children a veneration for those above them ; above them not by the possession of derived honours , whether of rank or wealth , but of some inherent quality , developed in corresponding action , either of a moral or intellectual nature . It gives a beyond to the life of a child ; it assists in promoting that
onward and upward tending which is the soul of progression . And although , too often , in the warmth of the heart's religion , it may offer up incense at an unworthy shrine , —although the idol may fail upon nearer communion , and the deified man or woman be found but mortal , —^ yet it still retains its faith , not to be wasted in fruitless disappointment , but to be cherished , enriched , and
preserved , —a precious offering , awaiting the advent of a worthier object to whom it may be dedicated . This feeling of veneration , early cultivated , has a rich value in elevating the mind , and redeeming it from the bondage of that conceit of self , which is a great stumbling block to improvement ; and beyond that , may be
made a means of procuring some of the best and happiest sensations that mere recipiency can bring . It adds a charm to reality beyond itself ; it prepares the way for that reality till it becomes reality better worth having through its influence . How often has this been proved ! How often , when a name has been mentioned that has signalized itself either as poet , patriot , actor , artist , or
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162 An Evening with Charles Lamb and Coleridge . ]
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AN EVENING WITH CHARLES LAMB AND COLERIDGE .
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7 . Andrew jacks on . From sordid thraldom , and a shameful ban , Who hath redeemed aspersed democracy ? King-loathed Columbia ' s brave and wise old man . Rejoice , oh world ! God said , ' Let Jackson be !' And at his feet died swollen Monopoly ! Rejoice ! his triumph saves no single state , But every state ; it saith , * Let trade be free ¥ Lone Washington ! another good and great Hath earned a deathless name—and every villain ' s hate .
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6 . SONG . Oh ! why is gladness turned to woe ? And weal it to beggary , too ? John Payall , if thoii dost not know , Ask Blucher ' s Waterloo !
And why doth hope take wing" and fly ? And why is conscience gone ? Ask Pitt , in hell—or , by and by , Ask Famine ' s Wellington !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1835, page 162, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2643/page/18/
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