Title: “The Scholar’s Mission” in The Works of Orestes A. Brownson Collected and Arranged by Henry F. Brownson Volume XIX pages 65-87. Author: Orestes Augustus Brownson Published: New York: AMS Press Inc., 1966. An oration pronounced before the Gamma Sigma Society, of Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., July 26, 1843. Preamble I was introduced to Brownson in The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk.  Since then, I bought the twenty-volume collection of his works assembled by his son.  I am surprised I had never heard of him before, but what usually happens after I find someone like this, is his name will suddenly start appearing in other works I read.  It is just the fact that now I am aware of him.  That is true with so many other things in life.  Think of many of the great discoveries made throughout history, once they are known, then it is easy to see.  It is like the old tale about Christopher Columbus and the egg.  Supposedly he was sitting around with some other people after he discovered America and they were saying how it was not really a big deal.  He asked for an egg and requested that they each try to…