...the former cannot be exalted, and to the other, exaltation would only be the gibbet of their fame. " Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps, And pyramids are pyramids in vales." f_0n the last sentences of this paper the editor will remark, that when a literary degree has been...

...wear his livery, And souls in ermine scorn a soul without? 4. Can place or lesson us or aggrandize? Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps, And pyramids are pyramids in valets Each man makes his own stature, builds himself: Virtue alone outbuilds the pyramids: Her monuments...

...built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty 1" " Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps : And pyramids are pyramids in vales." Yet men estimate their height, not by their figure, but by their elevation. A man is as distinguishable...

...advantages of fortune, place and preferment in the world, as essentials of true greatness, knowing that " Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps, And pyramids are pyramids in vales." It will not think it necessary to lord it over others to prove how much one has outstripped them. It...

...livery, And souls in ermine scorn a soul without ? Can place or lessen us or aggrandize ? Piijmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps, And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Each man makes his own stature, builds himself. Virtue alone outhuilds the pyramids; Her monuments...

...condescension, and benevolence; in poverty, they are great in tranquillity, resignation, and contentment. " Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps; And pyramids are pyramids in vales." My neighbour, Mrs. Duncan, displays much of this true greatness of character. She has lived in good...

...no less a test of the moral strength, and force of character ; the poet tells us that " Pigmiea arc pigmies still, though perched on Alps, And pyramids are pyramids in vales." And it must be confessed that Wolsey in his abasement exhibited nothing rf the dimensions of the pyramid....

...wear his livery, And souls in ermine scorn a soul without ? Can place or lessen us, or aggrandize ? % Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps ; And pyramids are pyramids in vales. 5O Each man makes his own stature, builds himself: Virtue alone outbuilds the pyramids : Her monuments...

...can feel no esteem, falls unheeded on his ear or but excites a smile. It is just in proportion as be acknowledges superiority, and as he feels personal...pigmies still, though perched on Alps ; And pyramids arc pyramids in vales." In the filial relation, more than in any other, it is as love and reverence...

...and the character and talents brought to the work. " Act well your part, there all the honor lies." "Pigmies are pigmies still, though perched on Alps, And Pyramids are Pyramids in vales." That great luminary of science,* whose name sheds so much lustre upon one of the highest institutions...