The  fixed  stars  cannot  be  counted  in  the  sky  by  astronomers  with  large
telescopes,  because  they  are  innumerable.  They  are  so  far  from  the  earth
that  we  cannot  see  them,  but  we  can  see  them  only  a  little.  If  we  could
fly  toward  them,  we  would  find  that  some  of  them  are  as  large  as  the
planets.  They  are  really  stationary  in  space,  though  they  appear  to  revolve
around  the  earth.  The  stars  hang  trembling  like  bright  diamonds  in  the
beautiful  sky.  M.  L.  O.
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Further  exerciseK  are  omitted,  aa  being  uniieeeasary,  alW  wliai  lias  beei
given,  for  establishing  the  fact  that,  in  the  ordinary  course  of  seten  yean,
the  pupils  of  iJiis  Institution,  notwithstanding  the  immense  disadrantagei
at  which  they  start,  gain  an  available  knowledge  of  the  English  language,
and  make  attainments  in  the  rudimentary  branches  of  education  that  vooid
be  creditable  to  the  pupils  of  most  of  our  common  schools.
The  efficacy* of  human  science,  skill,  and  ingenuity,  io  removing  ikt
shackles  imposed  upon  the  mind  by  physical  disabilities,  was  stiU  more
strikingly  manifested  in  the  examination  of  the  pupils  who  had  been  pum-
ing  academical  studies.
The  examination  of  these  pupils  had  been  committed,  by  a  resolntkm  of
the  Board,  to  the  Rev.  E.  D.  6.  Prime,  D.  D.,  whose  reputation  for  learn-
ing and  ability  give  to  his  opinions  a  peculiar  value,  and  who  prearated,  il
the  close  of  the  examination,  the  following  report  on

The  High  Class.
