LITERARY OUACKERY.
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The honor Of wearing literary titles and Of te


oi ging 10 societies oi all ranks and gradation,
from lite Societies up 10 the mammoth society
projected in Washington three years ago for cyllz


ing and chisiian'zlng oil the indIans 70 the United
Slates-we say the honor OF arriving at such dis


nctons has become SD very cheap in these days


that it seems hardly worth while 10 be at the rOu'
Gle Of perpeiuating it by any written menienlo.
Academicdl initial, have lost their power 10 com.
mand the rssect either of the wise or gnora ran, BY
heing SO p'cfuseiy AID indiscriminately scattered,


that The most buned intellect plainly peIceives they
have no meaning. And as for societies, which hang
out pompous titles. and meet annually 10 elect 9th
GERS and publish their names, but do nothing all Ibe
rest OF the year, it would seem, upon sober rsirc'
ton to be rather disgrace than honor to belong
to them. Were an individual to make the same pa'
rade and preensions, he would be ridiculed ior BIZ
presumption aud vanity in attempting TO obtFuds
himsf into notice he did no, deserve. There may
be other kinds OF quackery less Innocent but !hsIs
IS certainly none more ridiculous than ll'eray
quackery. North american Rerle"'