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-In the service of mankind to be / A guardian god below; still to employ / The mind's brave ardor in heroic aims, / Such as may raise us o'er the grovelling herd, / And make us shine forever -- that is life. / Thomson
One of the first places to which a stranger is taken in Liverpool is the Athenaeum. It is established on a liberal and judicious plan; it contains a good library, and spacious reading-room, and is the great literary resort of the place. Go there at what hour you may, you are sure to find it filled with grave-looking personages, deeply absorbed in the study of newspapers.