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What are the great and beneficial discov- cries, in their origing What is the process which has led to them2 They are the work of rational man, operating upon the materials existing in nature, and observing the laws and properties of the physical world. The Creator of the universe has furnished the material: it is all around us, above us, and beneath us; in the ground under our feet; the air we brcalhes the waters of the ocean, and of the fountains of the earth; in the various subjects of the Kingdom of nature. We cannot open our eyes, nor stretch out our hands, nor take a step, but we see, and handle. and tread up on the things. from which the most won derful and useful discoveries and inventions have been deduced.

 What is gun powder, which has changed the character of modern warfareR le Is the mechanical mixture of some 0f the most common and less costly substances What is the art of printinga A eonlrspanee. aess curious, as piece 0f meeAanssm, s&am a musical box. What Ss saeas eagsaka An apparatus for spplying the raper of eeishissg vaterl What Is vaceSnaGsoae A ssdsslsg ail, communicated by a scratch sf sAa lancet, and capable of pr~aecsSRg asmsnaR life against one of tho most &Eeaakae Raasa> dies to which 1t is exposed

 . And are the properties of matter aaa Sss> covered Its laws all found Outf The uses to which they may be applied all detected Tcannot believe ii. We cannot do0ba, thas truths, now unknown, are in reserve, IOvc- ward the patience, and the lab0rs, of future lovers of truth, which will go as far beyond the brilliant discoveries of the last genera ton, as they do beyond all that was known lo the ancient world. The pages are inf nite in that great volume, which was written by the Hand Divine, and they are 10 be gradually turned, pursued, and announced, 10 benefited and grateful generations, by genius and patience; and especially by patience; by nntiring, enthusiastic, self de- voting patience.

 The progress which has been made in art and science. is indeed vast. We arc ready to think pause must follow that the goal must be at hand. But there is no goat, and there can be no pause; fur art and science are in themselves progressive. They are moving powers, animated prin- cipies; they are instinct with life they are themselves the intellectual life of man. Nothing can arrest them, which does not plunge the entire order of society into bar barism. There is no end to truth, no bound to it's discovery and application; and man might as well think to build tower, from the top of which he could grasp Sirius in his hand, as prescribe limit to discovery and inyention.- Young Orator.