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TRUE PATRIOTISM,

T T H A T is patriotism ? Is it a narrow affection for th e spot where
xSL a llian "-as b o r n ? A r e the very clods w h ere we tread
entitled to this ardent preference because th ey arc g r e e n e r ?
N o, s i r : Lius is not th e character o f th e virtue, rind it soars h igher for
its object. I t is an extended self-love, m ingling with all the en joym ents
of life, mid tw istira itself with th e minutest filaments o f th e heart. It
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is thus we obey th e laws o f society, because they are the laws o f virtue.
In their authority w e see, not the array oi force and terror, bu t the
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venerable im age o f o :.ir country's honor,
E v e n " good citizen makes that honor las own. and cherishes iL not
only as precious, bu t as sacred, l i e is willing to risk his life i:t its
defence, and is conscious that he gains protection while lie gives it;
for what rights of a citizen will be deem ed inviolable w h en a S tate
renounces the principles that constitute their se c u rity ? O r. if his life
should not he invaded, w hat would its en joym en ts be in a co u n try
odious in the eyes of strangers and d ishonored in his own ? Could he
■ook with affection and veneration to su ch a co u n try as his p a r e n t ?
T h e sense of having one would die within him ; h e would blush for his
patriotism, if ue retained any, and ju s tly , for it. would be a vice. l i e
would be a banished man in his native l a n d — I-u s h j-.k A m e s .

LSSvSON TALK.
This reading, you observe, ia iLi::cren‘. from any of the preceding. 11. affords
no opportunity for strong <lmiwitt£ expression. The sentiment is elevated, grave
and CLiriiOst. It appeals strongly to the ition of pafrioijsja, arid the selection
:r; a fine of cr:ia>rit’al c.onipoHil ion,
Ucsd if v.1111 full ror.nd tosicia r.nd iu a nucdy way. T,t*t. vonr manner show
that you appreciate ::hc noljle v:r!.nc hr-re comnicuiL.*l. You arc spcakinrr of
pairioli:-ra. not of some trivnl, um::iporL'u:1. iriritt^-r. free- u.se of itiu gesture
sIkavu in ]*:p;-:rc r, ■ ':-n [, end ctcvritiii;,r llie h; ml, rhea hr.niauy it down, a:irl
letting the r L . on the ctii]fhaLic. ’.V':jri.L. '’j.' on 1!ir? climax o:' t.he thought.
Willi body r:;rrt, lif-od olevatef:, ;:ud every :;cijvc mid ::lv.r=<_']-i; in riclive piny,
show that v -i' h<n'e ■■■o^fidc-Mrt in vonr theme and fully expect to cm ty comvicuoii
to the hearers, f,■ -t yo'.ir manner j-c frank, your tones boJd and derisive, vonr
interrogation;; sharp, a::rL Hie rising slides clearly <lefined PfULSC a moment alter
the qucsiiojid as if you expected an answer, Put strong force into 1 lie last sentence