TRIBUTE TO GENIUS AND LABOR. 1. The camp has had its day of song; EPES SARGENT. The sword, the bayonet, the plume, Are Freedom's heroes bred alone; More heroes true than War has known! 2 Who drives the bolt, who shapes the steel, As he who sees a foeman reel In blood before his blow of might! 3. Let Labor, then, look up and see Less honored than the woodman's ax: In tastes that breed their own delight. 4. And may the time draw nearer still When men this sacred truth shall heed, QUESTIONS.-1. By what have the plow, the anvil, and the foom, been too long crowded out of rhyme 2. How does the writer celebrate the praises of labor in the 2d stanza! 3. What exhorta tion in the 3d stanza 4. What prayer in the 4th! · LESSON LXXII. 2. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. IN HER' IT, to get by wil, or descent. ES TATE', fortune; possession. 3. MA JES TIC, noble. 4. NO BIL' I TY, the quality of being noble. 5. DI VIN' ER, more divine; more heavenly. 6. PROMPT ING, urging. 7. SA' BER, a sword with a broad blade. 8. CLAM' OR, outcry. 9. RE SULTS', effects; products. 10. EN FRAN' CHIS ED, set free; released. 11. MA LIG' NANT malicious. 12. CLAN, tribe; race. TRUE NOBILITY. 1. What is nòble? To inherit CHARLES SWAIN (<) Wealth, estate, and proud degreé? 2. What is noble.? "Tis the finer And, like man, to feel for Man! 3. What is noble? Is the saber Truer than e'er pomp arrayed! 4. O'er the Forge's heat and áshes, There is Labor lowly tending Each requirement of the hour; Science and its world of power! 5. Mid the dust, and speed, and clamor 6. What is noble? That which places - Leaving steps, like angel traces, That mankind may follow still! FREEDOM and THE CAUSE OF MAN! QUESTIONS.-1. What answers are given, in this piece, to the question, "What is noble ?" 2. What moral lessons does the author design to teach in these several answers? What Rule for the falling inflection on noble? What, for the rising inflection on degree and spade 1st and 3d stanzas! LESSON LXXIII. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. HAUGH' TY, proud; arrogant. 2. CON' FIDENCE, trust; faith. 3. CON CEIT', fancy; opinion. 4. Oв SCURE', destitute of light. 5. Fu' RI OUз, wild; raging. 6. MED' DLETH, interfereth. 7. TALE'-BEAR ER, a tattler. Articulate distinctly st in seest, th in maketh, despiseth, refuseth, &o SELECTIONS FROM THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON. BIBLE. 1. A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish man despiseth his mother. 2. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. 3. The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility. 4. Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. 5. He that is slow to anger, is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 6. Seest thou a mai diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. 7. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. 8. Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth; and a foot out of joint. 9. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. 10. He that hath no rule over his own spirit, is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. 11. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 12. Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. 13. Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. 14. Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 15. He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them, shall have mercy. 16. Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shall not go. 17. Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 18. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth. 19. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby, is not wise. 20. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 21. He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. 22. As a mad man who casteth fire-brands, arrows, and death, so is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith: Am not I in spórt? 23. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth. QUESTIONS.-1. What is said of him that refuseth instruction? 2. What, of him that ruleth his own spirit? 3. How are we to treat our enemies? 4. How is a child to be known? 5. What is said of wine? 6. Who is "like one that taketh a dog by the ears," and why so? What kind of emphasis on wise and foolish, 1st paragraph! Note VII. p. 22. Can you point out any other antithetic words and phrases in these proverbs? Can you repeat distinctly the words, "strife ceaseth," several times in quick succession! LESSON LXXIV. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. PA' TRI OT, one who loves and defends his country. 2. RE SPONS' I BLE, liable; and hence, important. 8. COM'PE TEN OY, a sufficiency of property. 4. RE SIST', oppose. 5. DISGUISE', mask; concealment. 6. COM MENDS', offers with approbation. 7. CHAL' ICE, Cup, or bowl. 8. REO TI TUDE, right; the sense of right. 9. EN CHANT' MENT, allurement; seductiveness. RES' TAU RANTS, eating-houses. 11. TRANS MUT' ED, changed. 12. SENS U AL' I TY, state of being enslaved to the bodily senses or appetites. 13. IN BRIATE, an habitual drunkard. 14. STIM' U LUS, something that excites the mind or spirits. 15. DE CEP' TIVE, deceiving. 16. VOR' TEX, a whirlpool. 17. STEALTH' I LY, in a manner secret, or sly. THE WINE CUP. SAMUEL W. FISHER 1. If you would be a man, and a patriot, and a Christian; if you would fit yourselves for the largest employments and the most responsible posions; if you would attain competency, and with it unfold a character that your fellow-citizens shall delight to honor; if you would enjoy the serene pleasures of |