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Article #11 - An imaginary love story for the "Locust Grove Journal"

 

     A few years ago, on a very beautiful summer evening after the duties of the day were over, and all was in order so that I had nothing particularly to engage my attention, I took a ramble over the green meadoes [sic] and woods to amuse myself by surveying the beautiful works of nature which were displayed in all their magnificence and grandeur on every side.

Article #10 - What is Man?

 

           Jonah Jackson

 

Article #9 - Removing obstacles to achieve Happiness

Article #8 - Discussion on rejection of New Rules

 

 

 

            For the Association

Article #7 - Circumferance (sic) of the earth

 

How was the circumferance [sic]

of the earth first ascertained.

             I have not succeeded in finding out to a certainty...

[The unnamed writer goes on to explain two possible methods: one, by calculating from the convexity as seen at a measured distance in the ocean and then using geometry to arrive at the answer; and two, “by ascertaining the time the sun is in passing over any measured space on the equator” and calculating from that.]

Article #6 - An Essay on Improvement

 

 Ladies & gentlemen you have heard us patiently. We thank you for your attendance & your kind appreciation of our humble efforts.

            We commenced in Weakness, have persevered with energy, & if we have not shown as

much intellectual culture as would have been desirable we have proffited [sic] by the Motto of the poet

            “Little drops of Water

             Little grains of sand

             Make the Mighty ocean

Article #5 - Good Night

 

 Ladies & gentlemen you have heard us patiently. We thank you for your attendance & your kind appreciation of our humble efforts.

            We commenced in Weakness, have persevered with energy, & if we have not shown as

much intellectual culture as would have been desirable we have proffited [sic] by the Motto of the poet

            “Little drops of Water

             Little grains of sand

             Make the Mighty ocean

Article #4 - Flame of Candle

 

Why is the flame of a candle pointed at the

top like a cone?

 

            One reason is that all bodies of flame expand themselves in proportion to the magnitude

Article #3 - Oration of the Leaf

 

 

                        Oration of the Leaf

 

Though I’m but a simple leaflet,

            On the very lowest bough,

Yet my days are swiftly ebbing,

            So I’ll tell about them now,

 

If you’ll call it not presuming,

            In one so small as I,

While there’s larger, and there’s brighter, ones

            Much nearer to the sky.

Article #2 - Study of science or litrature (sic)?

 

Which is the most useful the study of science or litrature [sic], I think that science is the most useful, for if we have not science we cannot very easily obtain litrature and we should take particular care of it when we have it and try to improve ourselves in reading and all the other useful studies, and many useful and good studies will come to us from a higher power than

man or script                (signed)            A

 

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