LECTURE.

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 52, 29 June 1868, Page 3

LECTURE.

Or Yiiesdrfy last a f^cturc was deliyered by m^n st i the hijrlsaai Hed»nbt^elio>i Po >bi. *1 li the perMssipn of C oh in 1 Hariitg'en. b\ Mr I ittle. on * Sensifion Writi gs Jt wa s refcpoctably attended. I HuStrat ions vere giveu from e lybrated writdrs withgood effAt aVid whiVh were frequ'cotlf interrupted bv ap; laiise. 1 he Je.^urcr chtimed f r the u^e of the t r it its appl«cation to vorks of real nierit *.iieh awakened stirling and £enu» ine emotion eri otio!) as the fhiest tiiuinph of genius. l'e ceucluded iu tlie lollowing » ords : — T|do not tliink T nfn going loo far in asking vou to adirire and ?aine settaiittiorial writing I think p u *ill admit that a po^er'id «riter can stir the heart and quicken ihe pnlse in a *on? dr« us nianner • and if the imj ulse given be in the right directi on- if you be moved to admirath n of „ *bat i lioble and honoiahle. ehival r us and heroic, if you g nipathies be enlisted oi tbes side bf resoltite Self ch niai and sufFering virtue, * ki dlv aftectiou and fnagn t stitous forbeararice, if yoi tliougl ts are itidueed fl> i m i"" ti &&t are pure a l. - • •• .'V c- vA' .. V 4

lovely and of good reporty tln n you are undergoiug a wh lesonie ai d thvariig infltience w ,ich ough* not to be d spised. for everv sensato which you are so' jecied rryist 1 a ve its impress ou the chi aeter.