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IATEUR'S CoLLEGE JouRNAL. L ECTI O CE H TA P R ODE T, Y AHIA DELECTAT . c u ecn.
VOL. I.
BOURBONNAIS GROVE. ILL. FRlDAY. Feb. 15 1884.
No. 20
name: eh·wged the brother's pta~·fu! g-1:-~oce into a look of sadne~s: changed the mother's ge ntle sm ile into a ~h ade of melancholy; fru~tratcd the fn thcr' - j oyo us " -ere it pOS'ih!e that a ~erie - 01' 1\'tll'd.; \I'OU!d h:WC h• •pe~. pierced hi~ he:1rt. and prepared a cloud of sorro "sprung into e x istence at the time or creation nml conti - as a cannp.1· l(>r his declining ,rem·;:. Be this :1 it may we look urouncl us and conelmle nu e to mn!tipl.r iu a geometrical ratio through time nml etemity, there could ne\-er app(•nr three idenl reprl:':sen- "The !mul that gun• ns birth the s"·ectcst, wi lclest spot tatio u weeter. dearer to the human he:ut than we lind ou e:lJ'tb." 1\-c may lo~e the home; the he:trts that beat expre:: eel by tho e fo t-ming the ~uhject uf the~e line~. In "With joy and the halls that rang "-ith laughter nwy our serious refl ections and meditati Ye moods we ma,,- :.1!ike he mouldering in the dust, but the birds continu e fea st ou r imaginations on the hcautie, nl' n:tture: we their car(>! all(l ,-e.-per song- . the hills and dales are Yermay contemplate the pictme:-que lanrbcape~. the grnnd dant and t'rcsll "·ith nnml:ttie plant:-; and flo,•cr of perso bli m i ty of the bound le"S ocean. or the illimitable fume; the meanderin!J hronk relates the ,ame :<ad ,ong, extent nf the beauteous firm:tment ·•oh-erYing how it- gentle ''hi. pering~ are the same . and once more o n sy tem into sy tem run~ . wh:tt other p!:tneb circle the~cenc ' of our childhnorl all these things speak to us in ther su ns." Ali these thing' we mny cnnsitler; hul lanffuuge the mo,t expressiYe anc1 \1-c in turn exclaim; how little thejo_y, the rapture. the Stlhce or cnnS<llation ··1 e crag~ and peak~, I'm "·ith ~-ou once ngain.'' Om hearts may h:tYC heeome hardened by the co ld they bri og to our mi nrls when com pared with the heaYenboro delights whtch cnYe!op the ;,nul. when, o'er the eli -regard of an uncharitahle "·ortd; hut there is one vistas of by-gone ye:.1r~ uur <-pirit take~ it;.; flight on cbonl which Yihmtcs 11·ith lm·e ll'hen touched by th e wings of love to the day of our childhood, llffi1 we :;;ee ~cene- of our h:lpp,,-, I J ii ~sfu! innocence. The iceberg-~ atHl ~nnw-molnHl$ arc clear t n the o ur elY es agai n sented by the evening fire~irle; \\'C ~ee the gentle ister on whn,e 'llo"·_,,·hite brow sleep~ E-quimaux and Laplander. the Frencil heart hrat' scnree hnlf a decade of ~mnmer~: '"c ~ee the hrotber's with joy at the mere mentinn of ~unn_r France, while playful g lance . _o like our 0\YJI; "l' ~ee the tenllrr the nnhh' Scott or patriotie S1d~:-: declare of his nath·e emile playing about our dear mntber·~ lip- "·hile ~1 • land that "l'ach worrl again:'t it~ honor spoke clemnnds gnz e~ fnnd!y on th e ohjeets of her !o,·e: \l'l' ,ee the of me avenging ~tt·okc." The true American i~ hound fath er's though fu!, ple1sing f-1cc. while hi- lwut thn•b~ firmly tn hi" "country·~ Yineclarl bill, her thousa nd with anxious lwpe:-. and mingled li•:tr' a8 to the f:ttc of hright nml gn~hing rill-." Hut thc>re still remains a nahi kn·ed one~. This is one tlf the pictures JH·e,l'ntc l to tion wh.•~oe loyalty tn their hirth!ancl ~tand · without an eqn·1l. Their's i;: the deepest. strong-ect. \\-anne t love. an d 11 a nd it grows hrighter :tml de;11·er n;.; Tinw gradunlly mo,·es 11~~tly hack totw1kc I'IHllll t'or the \}our~ \\hich thouQ"h man.'· (lf them arc :- verecl from their native H e silently interposes between u- and tho~P l11·ight latHl hy t\· rnn11~·, miorule :~nrl opprc"~inn, their trnc and an d joyous days. In (leed a momL•nt'- reflection upon lo.Yal henrh hc:1t ~trong and lou(l with emotion a nd such a :-cene as thb cnnnot t;li! ttl till thl• soul "ith hnpc when the,,- h~n·; '·ThL•rc'> a gleam throngb the rnptu rous delights . tonwke om he1rt- ye:Hn. Yl'Xatitnl~ g-lo"m. There's n li)!ht in the ~ky . 'Ti~ the ~ununrst ly ye.1rn for ju:<t an hnur·~ hnJltline-- 'll\'h a~ then we re·plenr1ent f)lr-fta<-hing on high, Erin's clark 11ight is enjoyed-and more it l'ftcntime- bring-- h;lC'k -uch wan ina. her 1lny cla1Tn i~ nigh." The love of country is sweet memt,ri •s of our l'hildlihe inlllll'l'IH'l' that our an innatr rptalit.\' of every mnn's nature and is often as lives nrc ('Dtiret.'·· complete!~- cil 'lll!!l' <l r111d our -oul• perfe\'t an<l uncl~- i ng in the pea~ant ns in the ~tatesman. But when we hav e live(l for a cl'J'tain period of time, directed to no!tkt·. ![nllHI< r. -nhliuwr aim;:. But t>h : "-hat S\)rrow. what hitin!! anQ"ui~h. "·bat rell'nt\p,., anrl h:IVP nnt!'d the chnnff<'" which take place in all erente<lnl•.iech nf r>m loYe, we unrler~taml the fallncy remn~ c wring' our very ~ou! if. ~inn• we enjoyed thnl heau eous picture we have hy our mi-dct>d• so c·lwn!.('ed nne! Yanit,\· o{' all pm·th-l•nl'll plea,nrc::. and aim for lh ' henrt nt' th~t IYect •i-l 'I' th 1t -he hln-hc- at onr -mndhing hi!!hrr nnd more ll'nrth,, - (lf nur intrllig('ncc.
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