the honours of a system of education, which is life-long, and whose

sole object is to attain the mastery of all feeling, physical or

mental. The view taken of this subject by Robertson, in his History

of America, to us, seems most accordant with truth. He says: "The

amazing steadiness with which the Americans endure the most exquisite

torments, has induced some authors to suppose that, from the peculiar

feebleness of their frame, their sensibility is not so acute as

that of other people; as women, and persons of a relaxed habit, are