Tho boy is succinct hieroglyphic
of progressions. He thinks the tail
of a cat the natural handle ; snatches
away his grandfather’s wig, and calls
his father “old gent,” and his mother
“oldlady.” Thespeukerdwelt briefly
upon the destructive force of nature,
the fact that out of chaos comes
cosmos, and then added that in this
sense the boy acts in strict conform
ity with Diety, in following thedieta
tos of his young mad nature.
Instances of prococtons boys wi-ro
adduced. Chatterton had astonish-
Bcientific men at 18; Mozart compos
ed at 5; Pascal proved his genius at
11. ami an English boy committed
murder and was hunged at 10. These
are not average boys, but old men
young men. Tho average boy and
girl of destructive and assimilating
p wers respectively have made the
worid progress The boy cares not
what bis parents were; James Cooke
<ailcd around tho world, although his
parents were servants. Sir James
Lawrence was apprenticed to a pas'.ry
co->k, and Benjamin West became aj
great painter, all hough he stoic hairs
oui of the cat s tail to make his first
brush, i his boy power is invincible
belligerency, and uothingcun destroy
the power nut the dethronement of
reason.
