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Though his form is meagre with age, and
his head whitened by the snows of eighty
winters, the vigor of his intellect remains
strong. The following sketch will show
how he is said to employ his time:

“His time is systematically divided,
He rises at six o’clock in winter, and five
in the summer. He studies two hours,
then takes a cup of coffee, with a light
breakfast, returns to his room, and com-
mences the task of answering his letters,
of which he receives, yearly, more than
one hundred thousand. From twelve
o'clock until two he receives visits, and
returns to work again attwo. At four he
dines, usually with the king in summer,
and at home in winter. Frequently he
dines at meetings of learned societies, or
in company of his friends. At eleven he
retires to his study, and continues there
until one or two, writing his works, or
preparing them by study. His best books
have all been written at midnight. He
spends only four hours in sleep. This
assemblage of acquirements, so rarely
found united in a single individual, are in
him accompanied with sleepless activity
of mind, and all the zeal, enterprise, and
vigor necessary to give them their full
effect. Long after his career shall have
terminated, he will be remembered as one
of the chief ornaments of his age.—Stu-
dent.

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Clara Sinclair.

LARA SINCLAIR was an intelligent
girl, studiously devoted to all her
lessons, except arithmetic.
“Oh, mother!” she would ex-
claim, “this is arithmetic day. How I
hate it.”

THE YOUTH’S CABINET.

“My daughter, do not make use of
such expressions,” said her mother. “ No-
thing is wanting but attention and perse-
verance, to make that study as agreeable
as any other. If you pass over a rule
carelessly, and say you do not understand
it, from want of energy to learn it, you
will continue ignorant of important prin-
ciples. I speak with feeling on this sub-
ject, for when I went to school, a fine
arithmetician shared the same desk with
me, and whenever I was perplexed bya
difficult sum, instead of applying to my
teacher for an explanation, I asked Amelia
to do it for me. The consequence is, that
even now I am obliged to refer to others
in the most trifling calculations. I expect
much assistance from your perseverance,
dear Clara,” continued she, affectionately
taking her hand.

Clara’s eyes looked a good resolution,
and she commenced the next day putting
it in practice, Instead of being angry
because she could not understand her
figures, she tried to clear her brow to ur-
derstand them better, and her tutor was
surprised to find her mind rapidly opening
to comprehend the most difficult rules
She now felt the pleasure of self-conquest,
besides the enjoyment of her mother's
approbation, and for many years steadily
gave herself up to the several branches
of mathematics.

Clara was the eldest of three children,
who had been born in the luxuries of
wealth. Mr. Sinclair was a merchant of
great, respectability, but in the height of
his supposed riches, one of those failures
took place, which often occur in commer
cial transactions, and his affairs became
suddenly involved. A nervous tempera
ment, and a delicate constitution, were
soon sadly wrought upon by this misfor-