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Fear.-The most distressing and irrational el-
frcts on the powers ofman, but more particur +
| ly of woman, are sometimes produced by tear
it pr-dsposes the body TO contagious disorders,
induces cowardce where nothing should be
dreaded, and under circumstances Of great rx-
element closes up the understanding, leaving
the individual who becomes prey to it an idiot
| for the remainder of a miserable existence. 1t
is no less extraordinary than true, that fear ar-
sing from evident danger is less subduing than
when produced by the powers Of imagination.
There are numerous occupations, surrounded b,
terrors, which lose their effect upon the mind by
the frequency of recurrence. The pursuits Of
the seaman, the miner and others, for instance,


prove, that on hearts accustomed 10 look danger
in the face, fear exercises no overwhelming pow
ers, because the senses being first to discover thu
danger, its effect is proportionate to the expert


ence or intimacy with the cause. Ignorance is
a cause of astonshment, and darkness heightens
the effect Of fear, only because the senses can
not act in conjunction with the understanding.
Ii light be- cast on the scene, the alarming OBJ
iects if there be any, are seen, and resistance Is
calculated accordingly That there gradua-
tions of personal couarge, is as true as that there
are various degrees ofstrength in man-but tim


id persons, however they may have become so,
have objects ofterror ever ready to destroy thei
selected, possessed of health, moral courage and
experience, in all cases of alarm his physical
powers assist his mental energies and he is not
easily subdued : at least, there certainly will be
no evident proslration of his understanding
The cause Of yielding to imaginary terrors per-
haps, may be traced through morbid state of
the nervous system, and an ignorance Of the law
of nature, up to tales of supernatural appearan-
ces recited in the nursery, the effect of which
is mental slavery, from which there is re-


lief, but in the examination of cause and effect
in nature.as leading to knowledge Of nature sGod,
where there will be found much to fill the
mind with satisfaction and thankfuIness, that there
will be no room for imaginary terrors nothing to
dread save doing wrong. Conscious in its intrg-
rity the mind is always unconquerable.- .-New
York Sun.