'te thas. i'emaviedm " thut.`:n mun nof
S ngrdatest·inzd ar ,t!ose of w m~,n*º t
Wlid lhears least.", Certain it is tlw.i
" distrditfiil eni.i6, of Wtflidiune, tfhi
'aei oipanimeit so ofitn ,df deep e
earch .and .pr'ofoudi4 ipveatigition,
iae a decided tenddnld . to 'shrink
from too close contact i.th: even an
appreciative---to say~itiothing,' of a
ptiblic at once u.-aSppreoitSive .and
unobservant-ite lajngst .ngrbid sol
icitude being ti'pursue ii.i 'idte nuod
alone, "it researche Anin investiga
tions.' That an individual of thiidi
scriºptiou, wlose chief deoigli it ~. tp
"shut out" the world, and " fet no
passioni stir,"' (not even that Of i love
of renown) should be apt to despise
the p,,biic and its ways, is .ot tLuh
to be wondered at; fQr, depend upoa
it, however ambitions of genuiniie
'fame such a hMtrarete may be, hbe
will never cqltivate .uludto iutimawcy
with the public as a meass of secur
ing the same.' The lovei ofnotoriety,
dAn the tlrei hand, whose unceaeingi
aspiration are .everlastinglyat W'ork
to1 secure recognition on . trte.p stt of
the public, lets i0o opportunity pas
of flaunting before thatn public's eye
his wonderful achievuiments in arty;
literature, science,or :what not , aud
sihould his little world of lookers-on
betray the very, faintest exp'ressiobt
lof, approval, our indefatigable; 'pursuer
of notoriety would (we wLrs going to
say) '' blush to find it fame ; !' but no,
onl mature reflection, We should rather
say he would become at 'once intoxi
cated with vtanity and presumption,.
assuming aim s of superior ity and cou
desceunsion such as would be well cal
culated to strike with, qnal reverende
i ud awe the astonished ,beholder.
Pen and Plow.
