the most immediate fruits,-by this calculating spirit, the feelings were unavoidably degraded, the power of the imagination was smothered, and the idol of mere gain was lifted up on the altar of virtue. The effect of this error could not long remain unobserved. Its exposure led back to the right path. With fresh love, recourse was had to the ancients. The sacred fire was not yet extinguished under the prostrate altars. The columns of the temple stood unshaken. Into the edifice, streamed, from all sides, priests and devotees. With more fervor than ever, was homage paid to the majesty of antiquity. All its remains were brought out to light. Its depths were searched and illuminated. Here, as well as over the whole territory of the sciences, the most gratifying activity prevailed. Under the pressure of hostile political influences, the vigor of the German people, in their lofty struggle, revealed itself gloriously. The great events of modern times have brought the ancient world nearer to us. Its authors are more diligently studied, and better understood. There is hardly any district in the wide classical realm, which has not been enlightened by new and rich investigations. Hence, more than ever, have the greatness and worth of the classical writers interested the heart. The childlike ingenuousness of their wonderful productions has been more adequately perceived, as well as the noble simplicity which pervaded their entire life. Already, in recent events, we see the working of this glorious inspiration. The low and vulgar yields to the generous and good. All, which the susceptible heart can awaken, is cherished with unwonted love, and with the happiest results. Side by side, boldly move on the spirit of culture and the muse of science. Every day their bounds widen. Let nothing, therefore, hinder us from going whither we are called by the voices of time, the demands of our crowns. better nature, and the honor of our native land. With mutual zeal, let us tread the path that is pointed out, and fix our eye on the high mark which beckons us with its And in this festival-hour, while I am reminded, in the retrospect, of the happy past, of a beloved home, and of that flourishing institution, which I had the honor to serve through a series of years, and while, in the future, a career is opened before me in this kingdom, and in the most celebrated of its schools, receive from me, at a moment when every thing conspires to awaken my deepest feelings, the assurance, that I will devote my entire energy to the honorable vocation entrusted to me by our venerated king. I know that you are animated by the love of knowledge, and of its generous fruits; and, for myself, I desire to be so happy, as to accompany you on a path where you will find your best wishes gratified. PLASTIC ART OF THE GREEKS. WHEN Pausanias travelled through Greece, in the age of the Antonines, he found, together with many remains of former prosperity, far more numerous memorials of past calamities. As, according to the belief of antiquity, the gods deserted the walls which the arm of their citizens could no longer defend, so, by the sceptre of Macedonian rulers, and the severer fasces of Roman proconsuls, the ancient and godlike greatness had been frightened from the unprotected land. The vigor of the people, once noble, had been broken; their blooming plains lay wasted; and mourning brooded over the fields of their glory. Megalopolis, the latest of all the Grecian States, was robbed of nearly all her ornaments; and where once temples and gymnasia had stood, herds of horses and mules now grazed in fertile meadows. The ancient golden Mycenae had vanished from the earth, down to the traces of her cyclopean walls; haughty Thebes, the conqueror at Leuctra and Mantinea, had crumbled into ruins; Delos, once the centre of Grecian religion, was like the dreariest rock in the Archipelago, save in the beautiful reminiscences of ancient times. Even the surviving cities resembled only the shadow of their former |