Here feast with sages, and give thanks to God.
Next thanks to him; that venerable sage,
His country’s boast,—the glory of the age!
Immortal Franklin, whose unwearied mind,
Still sought out every good for all mankind;
Search’d every science, studious still to know,
To make men virtuous, and to keep them so—
Living, he reared with generous friends this scene;
And dead, still stands without to welcome in.”
The Atheneum is another excellent institution.[26] Here a great number of American and foreign newspapers are read, and there is also a collection of the reviews, periodical publications, and scientific journals, of Britain and America. Strangers are introduced by the subscribers.