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[Page] 144 a degree of malevolence and animosity quite incompatible with true friendship. Some times however, when the difference respects rather the pursuits than opinions, there may be strict friendship formed between the parties. We may cultivate the friendship of such a person for his possessing qualifications new to us; or for excellences and accomplishments which, this we do not possess, we
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[Page] 143 No. XLIII. August 11, 1797. On Friendship. Friendship, when it is sincere, is acknowledged by all to be a very fruitful source of happiness; but notwithstanding its value, we find this blessing to be very rare among mankind. True friendship requires a similarity of inclinations, a modest opinion of ourselves, and a sincere regard and love to the person befriended. And in proportion
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[Page] 142 equilibrium, and prevents disorder among its various members. It neither violently agitates the frame, nor suffers it to languish away in a sate of turpitude or inaction; but keeps all the powers of the human machine properly balanced and in a state most conducive to health. A man of a melancholy disposition is incapable of enjoying the blessings of life. Nature to him appears
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[recto] No. XLII. August 1, 1797. On Cheerfulness. So essentially requisite to happiness is a cheerful disposition, that a man of strict virtue can scarce be happy without it. Whether we consider its effects upon the mind or body, we shall find sufficient cause to encourage it. Cheerfulness adorns every virtue and ornaments every qualification. It is the soil from which half the enjoyments
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The writings of Crevecoeur espouse the type of freethinking, industriousness, and morally minded spirit so often dictated by The Lucubrator’s author. In his famous essay, “What is an American?,” Crevecoeur asserts “We are all animated with the spirit of industry which is unfettered and unrestrained because each person works for himself” (2). This portrait of Americans, driven by a strong work
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which is pretty much se|f—exp|anatory, and “On the Propriety of Taxing Ministers of the Gospels for the Support of Government.” Likewise, learning about the life of the best candidate for the manuscript’s authorship, James Noyes of Atkinson (1778-1799), was inspirational. Interestingly enough, Noyes was around the same age as me and my classmates when The Lucubrator was written, which made me
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version of a Lucubrator essay suggests either that someone should have done a better job of bookkeeping or that the manuscript may not have been meant for the public. But, then again, I think my speculation that the manuscript’s essays were at one time printed to entertain and inform readers is a compelling one, for several reasons. Some of the essays are not dated in chronological order and others are given two dates, which may signify the dates on which they were printed elsewhere. Moreover, the essays are morally edifying. My favorite essay is one entitled “On Friendship.” After overcoming the difficulty of having to read literature in the original handwriting, you find that the author of The Lucubrator actually offers a rather beautiful description of true friendship. Phrases like “Friendship, when it is sincere, is acknowledged by all to be a very fruitful source of happiness,” or “When there is a dissimilarity of opinions or pursuits, there seldom exist any great degree of friendship; for that difference is apt to create disputes between each other, and people in general are too much attached to their own ways of thinking to respect another of different or opposite sentiments,” offer some insight and advice that is still very useful today. The same goes for the essays that offer criticism, such as “Propriety of Behaving with Moderation In Parties,”
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The Lucubrator and the Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia By an Anonymous English Major, Recently Graduated While researching the origins of a mysterious manuscript that was donated to Ellis Library many years ago, our Early American Literature class learned not only about who might have written the book, when, and why, we also learned a great deal about what life was like in the time period in which it was written. The Lucubrator is a commonplace book, written in late eighteenth—century America. It includes many essays, one of which, “On Female Education,” helps to reveal how eighteenth—century readers felt about the roles of women in society. The author of the essay begins by recalling the recent opening of a local school for women: “The admittance of females into the Academy in the United States, is an eminent instance, of their refined cultivation and advancement in literature.’’ The academy to which the author refers is likely the Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia. The opening of this particular academy would have been deeply significant to many Americans, as it was, according to Marion B. Savin and Harold J. Abrahams, “the first chartered institution for the higher education of young women in the United States and perhaps in the world” (59). The

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