upon them; and whilst giving to his soldiers the advantages of modern discipline, breathed into them, by his quick and decisive movements, the enthusiasm of ruder ages. This power of disheartening the foe, and of spreading through his own ranks a confidence and exhilarating courage, which made war a pastime, and seemed to make victory sure, distinguished Napoleon in an age of uncommon military talent, and was one main instrument of his future power.

2. Such was Napoleon Bonaparte. But some will say, he was still a great man. This we mean not to deny. But we would have it understood, that there are various kinds or orders of greatness, and that the highest did not belong to Bonaparte. There are different orders of greatness. Among these, the first rank is unquestionably due to moral greatness or magnanimity; to that sublime energy by which the soul, smitten with the love of virtue, binds itself indissolubly, for life and for death, to truth and duty; espouses as its own the interests of human nature; scorns all meanness and defies all peril; hears in its own conscience a voice louder than threatenings and thunders; withstands all the powers of the universe, which would sever it from the cause of freedom, virtue, and religion; reposes an unfaltering trust in God, in the darkest hour, and is ever ready to be offered up on the altar of its country or of mankind. Of this moral greatness, which throws all other forms of greatness into obscurity, we see not a trace or spark in Napoleon. Though clothed with the power of a God, the thought of consecrating himself to the introduction of a new and higher era, to the exaltation of the character and condition of his race, seems never to have dawned on his mind. The spirit of disinterestedness and self-sacrifice seems never to have waged a moment's war with self-will and ambition. His ruling passions were singularly at variance with magnanimity. Moral greatness has too much simplicity, is too unostentatious, too self-subsistent, and enters into others' interests with too much heartiness, to live a day for what

Napoleon always lived, to make itself the theme, and gaze, and wonder of a dazzled world.

3. Next to Morals, comes Intellectual greatness, or genius in the highest sense of that word; and by this, we mean that sublime capacity of thought, through which the soul, smitten with the love of the true and the beautiful, essays to compre hend the universe, soars into the heavens, penetrates the earth, penetrates itself, questions the past, anticipates the future, traces out the general and all comprehending laws of nature, binds together by innumerable affinities and relations all the objects of its knowledge, and, not satisfied with what is finite, frames to itself ideal excellence, loveliness, and grandeur. This is the greatness which belongs to philosophers, inspired poets, and to the master spirits in the fine arts.

4. Next comes the greatness of action; and by this we mean the sublime power of conceiving and executing bold and extensive plans; constructing and bringing to bear on a mighty object a complicated machinery of means, energies, and arrangements, and accomplishing great outward effects. To this head belongs the greatness of Bonaparte, and that he possessed it, we need not prove, and none will be hardy enough to deny. A man who raised himself from obscurity to a throne, who changed the face of the world, who made himself felt through powerful and civilised nations, who sent the terror of his name across seas and oceans, whose will was pronounced and feared as destiny, whose donations were crowns, whose antechambers was thronged by submissive princes, who broke down the awful barrier of the Alps, and made them a highway, and whose fame was spread beyond the boundaries of civilization to the steppes of the Cossack, and the desert of the Arab; a man, who has left this record of himself in history, has taken out of our hands the question whether he shall be called great. All must concede to him a sublime power of action, an energy equal to great effects.

LESSON 196.-Original.

518. Detail the principles, habits, and character of one or more of the following individuals, along with such of their actions as have been attended with important results:—

1. Alfred the Great or Edward I.

519. From an examination of their actions and effects, detail your impressions as to the character, disposition, and principles of the following individuals:

520. From an examination of the labours of the following distinguished men, detail your views with regard to their dispositions, principles, and habits:

1. Swartz, the missionary. Howard, the philanthropist. 2. Oberlin.

3. Luther.

Felix Neff.
Calvin.

LESSON 199.-Original.

521. Detail, in any way you think proper, the

leading traits of character of one or two of the

following:

1. Lord Bacon

or John Locke.

2. Sir Isaac Newton or Dr. Isaac Barrow.

LESSON 200.-Original.

522. Detail, according to your own taste, the leading traits of character, or the grand characteristics in the compositions of the following:

And now, my youthful Student, having, in the preceding lessons, endeavoured to supply good models for your imitation, sound rules and principles for your observance, and a series of easy, pleasant, and useful exercises calculated to habituate the mind to the ready expression of its thoughts, I trust that sufficient has been done to qualify you for entering upon Argumentative Composition, with pleasure and advantage.

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