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unclear beside all waters, by reading the plain unvarnished tale of Harlan Page? Who can tell how many young Merchants have been fortified for lifes of patient, persevering, industry, and honesty, by perusing the life of that glorious merchant prince Amos Lawrence? Who can tell how many resolved to work themselves up to greatness, and struggle against adversity, while studying the life of Hugh Miller the Stone mason philosopher of Cromarty? Who can tell what heroism has been Evoked by reading the lives of Washington" Lincoln, and Garfield? And has not God himself recognized the same principle in all His dealings with the race? Why is it that the Old Testament is so much more concerned with the record of men's lives than with Commandments and precepts? Was it not because mens hearts were