----In the serviankind to be
A guardian god below; still to employ
The minds brave ardor in heroic aims,
Such as may raise us oer the grovelling herd,
And make us shine for ever--that is life.
THOMSON.
ONE of the ?rst places to which a stranger is taken in Liverpool is the Athenaeum. It is established on a liberal and judicious plan; it tains a good library, and spacious reading-room, and is the great literary resort of the place. Go there at what hour you may, you are sure to ?nd it ?lled with grave-looking personages, deeply absorbed iudy of neers.
As I was once visiting this haunt of the learned, my attention was attracted to a person just entering the room. He was advanced in life, tall, and of a form that might once have been anding, but it was a little bowed by time--perhaps by care.
He had a noble Roman style of tenance; a a head that would have pleased a painter; and though some slight furrows on his brow showed that wasting thought had been bus……（内容加载失败！）
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