DIGNITY OF MECHANICL PROBES


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Remarks have occasionally been intro.
duced on the importance Of the mechanic
arts. and the real dignity attached to their
profession. notwithstanding the degraded
state in which operatives have ever heea
held by those who have lived on ,hei


ingenuity, and become enriched by their
skill But this state Of things. we be-
l,eve, is passing away, and the time is not
distant when such men, instead of being
deeme MS under the old regime. virtual
serfs, will exert an influence in society
CO nmensurate with their contributions 10
its welfare. And where, it may be asked.
is there comfort, or convenience, or
luxury Of life which they do not create,
or assist to furnish. from the bread tha,
sus'ains the hcdy TO the voIur. that in.
forms the minds


Few classes have more honorable
career bsfore them than intellieen,
mechanics Certainly none have better
opportunities OF as>ocia;ing their names
with those of tile best Of their Species
Science aud the arts open the patti. to true
glory; and greater triumphs remain to b..
achieved in both than the world has vet
| witnessed. Human toll has not been dis
pensed with, but it certalnly will be


superseded in great measure, il not a.
/ together, hv forces derived from nanimnte


nature A great pa,t oi the globe is ye,


a desert. inhabifed by beasts cr prey, or


by men more savage than they. w::ereas


the Creator designs the whole TO be a
garden. aud peoplrd with happy intel
| l,gences, as in the first Eden. l, is much


too common 10 seek cphemerol distinction


on the troubled sea of politics or party
I but Of the thousands who launch their


barks upon il, how few ever reac!, the


haven Of their wishes! The greater
4 pa,t are soon cnrnlirs in oblivion, while


not few, exhausted by useless struggles
!. are bereii Of their energies. and quickly
sink in despair: hu, no fame is more GER
I tain or more durable than that which 4.


rises from useful inventions. Whitney
and Whittemore. Evans aud Fulton, will


lie remembered as long as cotton gins
car6ling machines, steam engines. ;u.
4 steamboats, are known on these continents


and when contemporary politicians are
/ wholly forgotten; i'm fact. most OF these


are SO already. The name Of Watt vii
be known, while that o every warrior


and monarch. and statesman Of his day
has persisted. Andso I, ought 10 be; for
/ with few exceptions. he contributed morc
% the happiness OF his species tl4an have
! such men from. the beginning ol time. -
I No one is now interested III learning any
thing respecting the sangu;nary Boil o
: Burgundy. aud his willy antagonist. the


Eleventh Louis Of r,r.iacs.. whose cs,,-


tests kept, for years. the European ware


in an uproar; and tic latter. no, con!en
!. with numbering his species by wholesale
in his odage slew infants. that he might
| acquire new vigor by ha;,;ng in their
blood; but as .cug rs tine endurcs. The
world will revere the names oil their cen
temporares, Gottenburg. Roster, Faust
and Sch;etier, and their associates ii
printing and type founding.


: Em5ank's Hydra@lscs and Mechanics