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For the position' which God has assigned to her in His world is not that of being the receiver of this fantastic and unreal worship, but that of being a man's true help-meet3 in moral and spiritual life, and his companion in living, feeling, sorrowing, and rejoicing. And this, and not the other, is what she should be trained for.5 But it happens here, as in other things, that false Idolatry led to a real degradation. There was no effort made to educate the intellect and the heart of women, no right value set upon that in them which was really worthy of reverence. So long as any leaven of that false idea remains in our systems of education, so long it will tend to what is showy, ornamental, superficial, leaving the higher spiritual and intellectual life uncared for.10 And it is because this College has taken as its standing ground" the true estimate, and has started with high aims, 12 that I thank God that He put it into the heart of His servant to 13 found it, and that I dare confidently look for His blessing on the work 11 which was so 15 begun.

BISHOP WILBERFORCE,

Address at Queen's College, London, June, 1856.

1 Position, rôle-2 is not that of being the receiver of, n'est pas de recevoir-3 but that of being a man's true help-meet, mais d'être la vraie compagne de l'homme and his companion, etc......rejoicing, et de vivre, de sentir, de souffrir et de se réjouir avec lui-5 and this, etc......trained for, et c'est pour cet objet et non pas pour l'autre, qu'elle doit être élevée-6 there was no effort made, aucun effort ne fut fait-7 no right value set upon, aucune véritable valeur attachée à8 remains, restera-9 to what is, etc......superficial, à ce qui n'est que parade, ornement et superficie 10 leaving, etc......uncared for, sans souci des besoins plus élevés de la vie spirituelle et intellectuelle-" as its standing ground, pour base-12 and has started with high aims, et a visé dès le principe à un but élevé-13 that He put it into the.....to, d'avoir mis au......l'idée de 14 that I dare, etc......work, que j'ose espérer avec confiance qu' Il daignera bénir l'œuvre-15 which was so, ainsi.

ANECDOTES OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

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The Duke was never known to disparage an adversary. Indeed, his generous appreciation of the merits of the great captains he had encountered and mastered, once provoked the bold question how he accounted for his own triumph over such men. He hesitated for a moment to reply, and the interrogator felt all the temerity of the question he had put;5 but the Duke relieved him presently, by quietly saying "Their plans may have been better than mine; but in the execution of every large plan there is likely to be some miscarriage, and I think I had the knack of re-adjusting my arrangements to new circumstances more quickly than they had,10 and perhaps for the very reason that the original plan was not so perfect, and the mending by so much the more easy,12 as 13 you can knot broken rope more easily than leathern harness."

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The Duke spoke with great respect, or rather admiration, of the skill of Soult in organizing 14 troops and combining their movements, but with this faculty his praise stopped,15 and for genius in war he gave the palm to Massena, in this criticism of personal

1 The Duke was never known, on n'a jamais entendu le Duc de Wellington-2 he had encountered and mastered, avec lesquels il s'était mesuré et qu'il avait vaincus-3 he accounted for, il expliquait-4 for a moment, un instant- he had put, qu'il avait faite relieved him presently, vint bientôt à son secours-7 may have been, pouvaient être

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there is likely to be some miscarriage, il y a lieu de craindre que quelque chose ne fasse défaut- I had the knack of, je savais m'y prendre de manière à 10 than they had, qu'eux for the very reason that, précisément parce que-12 and the mending by so much the more easy, et qu'il était d'autant plus facile à raccommoder-13 as, de même que-14 in organizing, à organiser-15 with, etc......stopped, ses éloges s'arrêtaient là.

experience:-"When Massena was opposed to me, I could not eat, drink, or1 sleep. I never knew what repose or respite from anxiety was. I was kept3 perpetually on the alert.1 But when Soult was opposed to me, I then could eat, drink, and enjoy myself without fear of surprise. Not but that Soult was a great general. Soult was a wonderful man in his way. Soult would assembles a hundred thousand men at a certain point on a certain day, but when he had got 10 them there, he did not know what in the world to do with them."11

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The Duke would not be drawn into 12 comparisons disparaging 13 foreign armies, and exalting our own at their expense. George the Fourth asked him whether the British cavalry was not the finest in 14 the world. "The French are 15 very good, Sire." Unsatisfied with this answer, the King rejoined, "But ours is better, Duke?" 16" The French are very good, Sire," was again the Duke's dry response. No vulgar vaunt of superiority could be obtained from him.

The Duke had the simplicity which is almost uniformly the concomitant 17 of genius. Some time ago was exhibited a model of the battle of Waterloo, which the Duke recommended a lady to visit,18 say

1 Or, ni-2 what repose, etc......was, ce que c'était que le repos ou l'absence d'inquiétude 3 kept, tenu-4 on the alert, sur le qui-vive5 of surprise, d'être surpris-6 not but that Soult was, non pas que Soult ne fût-7 in his way, dans son genre-8 would assemble, était homme à rassembler-9 at a certain point on a certain day, sur un point donné à jour fixe-10 got to be left out- he did not know, etc. ......with them, il ne savait absolument qu'en faire-12 would not be drawn into, ne se laissait point entrainer à-13 disparaging, qui rabaissassent-14 in, de-15 the French are, la cavalerie Française est16 Duke, M. le Duc- uniformly the concomitant, invariablement la compagne-18 to visit, d'aller voir.

ing, "It is a very exact model, to my certain knowledge, for I was there myself," as if there could be a being beyond the greenest infancy needing to be told who fought the battle of Waterloo.

The Examiner.

AN AFFECTING SCENE.

As we stood at the window of an inn that fronted the public prison, a person arrived on horseback, genteelly though plainly dressed in a blue frockcoat, with his own hair cut short, and a gold-laced hat upon his head.5 Alighting, and giving his horse to the landlord," he advanced to an old man who was at work in pavings the street, and accosted him in these words:-"This is hard work for such 10 an old man as you." So saying, he took the instrument out of his hand,11 and began to 12 thump the pavement. After a few 13 strokes, "Have you no son," said he, "to ease 14 you of this labour?" "Yes, please your honour," 15 replied the senior, "I have three hopeful lads, 16 but at present they are out of the way." 17 Honour not me," cried the stranger; "it more becomes me to 18 honour your gray hairs.19 Where are those sons you talk of?" The old paviour said his

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1 Beyond the greenest infancy, autre qu'un enfant en bas-âge2 needing to be told, qui eût besoin qu'on lui dit-3 who, qui est-ce qui. 4 Genteelly though plainly dressed in, vêtu avec une élégante simplicité de-5 a gold-laced hat upon his head, un chapeau galonné d'or sur la tête landlord, aubergiste-7 to, vers-8 who was at work in paving, qui travaillait à paver-9 this is hard work, c'est là un rude travail- such to be left out-11 he took......out of his hand, il lui prit......des mains-12 and began to, et se mit à-13 after a few, au bout de quelques-14 ease, soulager-15 please your honour, daigne votre honneur16 hopeful lads, garçons de grande espérance-17 they are out of the way, ils ne sont pas ici-- it more becomes me to, c'est plutôt à moi de-19 gray hairs, cheveux blancs.

eldest son was a captain in the East Indies,' and the youngest had lately enlisted as a soldier in hopes of prospering like his brother. The gentleman desiring to know what was become of3 the second, he wiped his eyes, and owned he had taken upon him his old father's debts, for he was now in the prison hard by.

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The traveller made three quick steps towards the jail, then turning short,5 "Tell me," said he, "has that unnatural captain sent you nothing to relieve your distresses ?" "Call him not unnatural," replied the other; "God's blessing be upon him! he sent me a great deal of money, but I made a bad use of it; I lost it by being security for a gentleman that was my landlord, and was stripped of all I had in the world besides." At that instant a young man, thrusting out his head and neck between two iron bars in the prison window, exclaimed, "Father! father! if my brother William is in life, that is he." "I am! I am!" cried the stranger, clasping the old man in his arms, and shedding a flood of tears; "I am your son Willy, sure enough!"10 Before the father, who was quite confounded, could make any return to this tenderness, a decent old woman, bolting out from a door of a poor habitation, cried, "Where is my boy, where is my dear Willy ?" The captain no sooner beheld her than he quitted his father, and ran into her embrace.12

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SMOLLETT, "Humphrey Clinker."

1 A captain in the East Indies, capitaine aux Indes-Orientales2 as a, comme-3 what was become of, ce qu'était devenu- hard by, tout près-5 turning short, se retournant tout-à coup- God's blessing be, Dieu daigne verser ses bénédictions-7 by being security, en me portant caution-8 thrusting out his, passant la-9 I am, c'est moi-10 sure enough, c'est la vérité- could, etc......tenderness, pût lui rendre ces démonstrations de tendresse 12 and ran into her embrace, pour s'élancer dans ses bras.