socia, A.i,ation-gy Il. ". EMERSON.
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IF YOU look over the face OF Society t.e indication
that first meets YOU i coHfmotioh Aou see eon-
tiauallv, and in every thing, restless actIyity-ln-
,olerance ef repose There IS every where 4 mo-
viug 10 nad fro--every where busy spirit, and an
earnest effort The law of the race IS acton; the
result OF the law, progress ne great feature oi
the age il the intense development OF tsis law tse
mighty unfolding af It's Iesalt. The agitation Is
broad and deep Its spring is the mind and heart
of The multitude The movements are many ano,
%, the eve of tho man unsked, heterogeneous and
hostile He secs only collisions; no uniform ten
dencg no fratures in common, similarity ot hnaI
results The activities are numerous, but ne VINO
looks not thouchtfullv at them. and into them
will see only cros.-purposes He viii hear in the
contacts of the individuals and the partes--in the
conAic, cf principlcs--ony the diScurdant sounds
The harmony of the under-,oncs are het Tor nm


This commotion, generated IN The srcat deep oi
the social life, has also ats superficial perturbation
its agitation at the surface. The wording per
ceives the ebuIliton but not fathemng the causes.
Judges untraly, and cannot predict results. The
philosopher throws out his sounding line. pene-
trates the bosom OF the per,urbed ocean, and seeks
an anchoring ground The wise essays to find.
In every thing. Jott9n-a foundation. Amid
moving elements ne seizes the fixed, The firm.
He would have place 10 stand on startPoin,
for speculation Then, with true eye and just
comparison, he reads the phenomena OF his times
The ever-change he interprets by the unmoved, the
evanescent by the eternal.


Meet occupation it were for him of comprehen-
siye thought TO traverse the planet through that
which has been, aud that which is, to scan the
progress of his race, TO apprehend the inward-the
sonl's beauty mystery nowef The mental vision,
iapa,Scns OF she present, outruRs II. Intellect
borrowing the wings of Imagination contenns
the known and tho finite stretches forward to the
future, the uutsown upward TOW ards the infinite.