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    424 BOOKS OF THE MONTH.

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    Books Of The Month.

    character in-Chief , and ( 1 ) an have introduction been published , giving" some under outlines the sanction of the Prince of Her ' s

    Majesty . , The work of editing , entrusted ( we understand ) to Mr . Arthur Helps , has been executed with judgment and delicacy . The

    most interesting portion of the book is , unquestionably , the Memorandum in which the Prince states his reasons for declining the

    office of Commander-in-Chief . As this , ? however , has been re-published in full , by many of the newspapers , we shall not reproduce it ,

    but give , instead , an extract from one of the addresses . Mr . Helps is not speaking the language of courtly adulation , when he remarks

    that _"Of the Prince _' s speeches , as of much of his life , it may be said that the movement of them was graceful , noble , and dignified ;"

    delivered the and subject again at , . that " the The opening " thoug following h of short a Conference extract , they are is on singularl taken National from y Education exhaustive an address : of

    " You will have to work , then , upon the minds and hearts of the parents ; to place before them the irreparable mischief which they

    inflict upon those who are entrusted to their care , by keeping them from the light of knowledge ; to bring home their to their children conviction

    that it is their duty to exert themselves for ' s edumost cation sacred , bearing duty in , mind but also , at the their same highest time , privilege that it is . not Unless only their they

    them not work fail with of , I their feel you , duty sure your , to in work obtaining their , our God work their has and , made will co Creator -operation be his vain creatures . Our ; if but you Heavenl that you remind will y

    ends should Father , be iving in happy His to b all , oundless and of them , in goodness His different wisdom , qualitie , has s fitted and faculties His mean in s to using they His

    and , develop g ing which , they fulfil their destiny , and , running , their uniform course according to His prescription , they find that

    happiness which He has intended for them . Man alone is _born-into this world with faculties far nobler than the other creaturesreflecting

    , earth the image to know of Him and who worshi has wille Him d but that endowed there should with the be beings on of power

    p , protot develop self-determin his and faculties ation attain , having , p that lace reason happ himself iness given in which him harmony for is his offered with guide to his . him He Divine can on

    earth , ype to be , completed hereafter in entire union with Him through the mercy of Christ . But he can also leave these faculties

    unimlevel proved of , and the lower miss his animals mission , forfeit on earth happ . iness He , and will separate then _sink from to the his has

    Godwhom he did know how to find . Gentlemen , I say man l no aid ri , ght to him do for this his , —he happ has iness no rig it ht is to his throw duty off to the fulfil task his which mission is

    to the upon utmost of his power ; but ; it is our duty , the duty of those whom Providence has removed from this awful struggle , and placed

    ( 1 ) " Speeches and Addresses of the Prince Consort . " John Murray .

    424 Books Of The Month.

    424 BOOKS OF THE MONTH .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 424, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/64/