The mind became confused when,
in contemplating the discoveries of
science, it sought to measure the
Louts ol its range or calculate the
magnitude of its future triumphs
books we read, which draws up
treasures friiin the mines, nnd far
more powerful and enduring than
the Ship of tho Desert, conveys us
with the speed of the wind, across
continents unit oceans. 1 o the re
"ins of our countryman, Fulton, we
owe its application to the purposes
of navigation, nnd now a few days
ering. What would' he have sai l if
he could have foreseen that it would
become the agent for uniting the ut
termost parts of the earth, around
whiclf the fluid may be made to
traverse ten times in a second.
The lecturer nlluded to some of
the religious errors of antiquity, and
the absurdities of their mythology,
their superstitions, &c. lie traced
in a masterly manner the distinguish
ed characteristics of the middle ages,
and of the institution of chivalry,
which fulfiled a high Mission, nnd
did not decline until a pure religion
afforded a glorious substitute. He
dwelt somewhat at length upon the
oxliaordinary swoy of the Aristote
lian philosophy and the antagonistic
system of aeon.
A passage in the lecture, marked
by splendid eloquence, and which
made n powerful impresion on the
audience, was that where the speak
er describes the. ruins of Tyre and
Sidoi-. and the holy City of Jerusa
lem which he had himself visited,
and his interview with Lady Hester
Slr.nhope, the self-exiled and apos
tate Englishwoman, tho modern Ze
nobia and sovereign of Pulmyra.
