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Fer the Portland Gazette.

STRIPLING-No. IL
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THE difficulty of beginning Pc
Tiodcal publication, is not iRconiid-
cradle, Especially if the writer be
not converfant with men and man.
ners, and never have experienced a.
ny public favor or appreciation. In
this cafe, he launches into an IN.
known ocean, pregnaRt with forms
and tempefs, without the means of
repeliing their attacks, and preferv-
ing himfelf from the approach of i'm
pending ruin, and conlequent miie-
ry. He is continually tormented,
left he ihould meet with repulfe,
and all his labor and application,
end in difappointment and morti6-
cation. His mind is alternately agi-
tated with the fear of being treated
with contempt or indifference, and
the hope of receiving the fupport,
and meriting the confidence of his
readers both of which are attend
ed with mutual poignancy. The
frit is magnifed hy the bri!liancy of
that reward which his imagination
fondly paints but defpairs Of OBJ
tanning the latter appears almoft
without foundation, from the fup-
pofed futility of its expectation. If
his cxertions prove 70 fuccefsful as
to compenfare him for his mental ef-
forts and anxiety, by degrees his
timidity wears away, and hr becomes
more cou6dcnt and lcis folicitous,
becaufe more accultomed TO be ap-
proved and not expecting to be neg
le2ed he becomes lefs fearful of
cenfure, becaufe more vain, and
confirmed ia the conicioulnefs ofhis
ability-and thus metamorpholed,
becaufe more experienced.


While he is III fate of probation,
his mind is ever on the rack. He is
alarmed at the lealt appearance of
danger, and receives an admonirion
as the voice of certain condemna-
ton, and the kn-ll 70 his future rep
utation. Sufpcnded with fuchlike
inpediments, irrefolution pervades
his thoughts, damps his ardor, de-
prefIes his mind, and attends every
action. Hope incites-Perfeverance
rewards -defpondency dcGroys.


When once he has eltablifllcd
himfelf on the lit of graduates, and
ingratiated himfelf into the good O.
piDion of others, he no longer is en-
tangled with that difidence, which
checked his genius, and confoan1-
ed his ideas. He then obtains the
abfolute difpofal of his talents, and
meafures, without reitraint, the
iippery paths of fcience now be-
come Pleafant and delightful. Re-
lying on his ufual fuccefs, he afumes
the man of importance, and aug


sents the fuppofed value of every
fubjra he undertakes, with the
double advantage Of his natural &C.
Mus and acquired fame. Without
any embarraiiment he controuIs his
pations, and converts them to his
prefent convenience-with compc-
fure he mounts to fublimity of tho't
and elegance Of ityle-with facility
he interfPerfes thofe pIeaGng (" lights
Of fancy which ever delight--with
c7fe. be defends 70 more humble