Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . fashion, wealth, and rank, clustered around him,to see one who had rivalled the best days of martial glory. He was modest,bland, and unmoved at all his honors. His whole heart was occupied by thelove of glory; no other love was there ; its pulses beat with generosity, grati-tude, friendship, and patriotism, but with nothing of a softe
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . fashion, wealth, and rank, clustered around him,to see one who had rivalled the best days of martial glory. He was modest,bland, and unmoved at all his honors. His whole heart was occupied by thelove of glory; no other love was there ; its pulses beat with generosity, grati-tude, friendship, and patriotism, but with nothing of a softer nature. Smiths mind was full of activity and enterprise ; for he had no sooner landedon the American shores, than he prepared an exploring expedition, in order togive his employers a full account of the country, its soil, bays, harbors, rivers,produce, and all the statistics which might be gathered ; but Wingfield and partof his companions turned their whole attention to searching for gold, which, asSmith foresaw, ended in mortification and poverty. He forewarned them ofthe effects of their folly,.but in vain. From his forecast, he saved the colony;and by his fearlessness, good sense, and industry, he collected a greater mass 11 162 CAPTAIN JOHN Pocahontas. of information respecting the country he with others had come to colonize, thanwas ever before known. In one of his tours of survey, Smith, after performing miracles of valor, wastaken by the Indians and carried to Powhatan, the highest sachem of the was sentenced to die. His head was laid on the block of stone, and theclubs were uplifted to beat him to death, when female tenderness came to hissuccor. Pocahontas, the daughter of Powhatan, rushed between the execu-tioners and their victim, and covered his head with her own. Poetry, painting,,and sculpture, have tried to give immortality to this event: but they have addednothing to the moral beauty of the scene—that is inherent in the story ; no mea-ger
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