The Confessions of Cuthburt, a Ballad; Bunker Hill, a Poem; Migration, a Poem (Classic Reprint)

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In doing this, however, they taught men to think, and to investigate, and thus, perhaps unintentionally, contri buted. To enlighten and elevate the sovereign power, Public Opinion, to which, subsequently, has been added its legitimate minister, The Free Press, - liable to be employed as the agent of tyranny and corruption - of being debased and lowered as the vehicle of little pas sions - of frivolizing the age by its licentiousness and want of dignity - but when consecrated by patriotism and talents, the guardian of virtue, the promoter of excel lence, the patroness of letters and the arts, and the protectress of rights.

How much the science of mind has been retarded by the abolition of the order, we can conjecture only from the extension it received under its direction: at least there probably would be no such want of materials for thinking as you now lament, and you would not have to solicit your auditors to collect from every quarter, what ever may contribute to the construction of that beautiful and harmonious system, of which you profess to have conceived only the outline.

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