The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

'tiig 0 iit()r. (1
cOll1llelCCS under thl(,.isalictiotl of holvy Ioti,' it
over terminates ini deslotisn..'lTe anmnals of tihe
world; from tim time of the (I:reeks and htmais
down to the ptr5sct day, tabtundantly prt)V\e "it.
T lherte was that Julius C(Xaesat lhel was one of'yort
people's: nieie and he ended a tyrant. 01 i yo r
(romwell w\vas another. —a rtetel, at (tmatgotuc>, and
a tyi lt. t ThI'le grtadations, madlam, ate as inevitable as fr7om chi'ldhtood to youtht and frot youth to
age. NAs tfor t'he little afitir tlhat yo Ihve been'
ptleased t{o mentiot:n of the.of the.........of I' my private
eon1nee.t us, I ca0 only say that the aftlairs of naiot ns
are: not to )e judged of' by domestic inetidet tttl y
more. tltan dolmestic occurrences are to boe jttudgedt
of by nati0onal Ipolitii.es.' The colonel.,!idt mant
a betlte. r logician, mist ooki his k antithesis lior atument, and paused a nmomenti to a(tinire his own\ eloquence; but the current of' his thottuhts wt lich always flowed in torrents onl this stlujct, swcp)t bhimn
al ton in its course, an( he conttinued tl( Yes, t
-iamt hb1err, and hefre alone is true' liberty to no
fiound, With this solemn. assevertation, which is not
t ligh tly made, Itit which is tt1 result of sixty'tear'ts' experienc e, 1: leavxe you, TMviss f;\l(lctn;
let it })t a subject h of d(eeft relect:iont \ith yout, ibr
I too w(- wll tundetrstan(t your tretacher\ os fcelin;'s tlt
to know ti.at. y'ottt political etrors encourtagt X'uttr
personal foibles; reflect, ltur ytour own stke, it' you
love not only your town hal)})iness, but yout resp ctlability and standing in the world. As Ibr thte
l) l(.k.hounds thlat yot yot S)ospoe of} they are a set of
rebtellioUs, niltinotus unmtratefil'ascals; and if everi
I meet ot.ne of' the datmned.tl.t.e-'"the colonel had so fiar cot riolled his kfeelings,
Ua SW to leaxveth (:{ presence oft the lady beftore te
broke out into tle l, itter invectiv(e.s we htave re.cordled, and Katherine. stood a miintuoe, pressing
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