Excerpt from Address Delivered Before the Two Literary Societies of the University of North Carolina: June 5, 1850 Let us then, in withdrawing for a day or two from the sterner demands, and trying struggles, and petty strifes of every day life - while once more partaking of this fountain head of learn ing, and breathing the refreshing atmosphere of this classic re treat, contemplate anew the superior pleasures, the superior ad vantages, (not forgetting the higher responsibilities, ) of the man of cultivated mind, over those who grope their way in untutored blindness - dull and inanimate amid the dazzling triumphs of genius, - insensible to the instructive beauties of nature, strangers to the captivating charms of polite literature, Born capable indeed of heavenly truth, But down to latest age from earliest youth, Their mind a wilderness, through want of care, The plough of wisdom never entering there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.