Phillips has "enclosed but a corner of the waste,
swept little more than a single stall in the Augean stable;" "holding a
candle to the back-ground of history," &c.

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LORD COLLINGWOOD

Went to sea when eleven years old. He used, himself, to tell as an
instance of his simplicity at this time, "that as he was sitting crying
for his separation from home, the first lieutenant observed him; and
pitying the tender years of the poor child, spoke to him in terms of
such encouragement and kindness, which, as Lord C. said, so won upon his
heart, that taking this officer to his box, he offered him in gratitude
a large piece of plum cake, which his mother had given him."

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CHANGES OF SOCIETY.

The circumstances which have most influence on the happiness of mankind,
the changes of manners and morals, the transition of communities from
poverty to wealth, from knowledge to ignorance, from ferocity to
humanity--these are, for the most part, noiseless revolutions. Their
progress is rarely indicated by what historians are pleased to call
important events. They are not achieved by armies, or enacted by
senates. They are sanctioned by no treaties, and recorded in no
archives. They are carried on in every school, in every church, behind
10,000 counters, at 10,000 fire-sides. The upper current of society
presents no certain criterion by which we can judge of the direction in
which the under current flows.--_Edinburgh Review_.

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BATTLE OF THE HEADS.

_Phrenologists--Anti-Phrenologists_.

_Phrenologists_. The bantling which but a few years since we ushered
into the world, is now become a giant; and as well might you attempt to
smother him as to entangle a lion in the gossamer, or drown him in the
morning dew.

_Anti-Phrenologists_. Your giant is a butterfly; to-day he roams on
gilded wings, to-morrow he will show his hideousness and be forgotten.

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Apf, a Norwegian prince, is stated to have had sixty guards, each of
whom, previous to being enrolled, was obliged to lift a stone which lay
in the royal courtyard, and required the united strength of ten men to
raise. They were forbidden to seek shelter during the most tremendous
storms, nor were they allowed to dress their wounds before the
conclusion of a combat. What would some of our "Guards" say to such