Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-09-24
That sets his life upon the great "r Giau,icd
nT, ~ith i"rrcdStluE rprit. Iays out Wise plans
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Bat Carlyle, though breathing the complaint does
relapse his iniicl despair He accepts the pemi
srs but the conclusion regarding The probation
uriy only lit Tor higher GcsnIes in the
future. He Is speaking o the tate oi ol the old En2-
WORTHLESS, John Davis. the famous navigator who per
shci in his prime, the victim n ireachcry on the part q"
Japanese whom he had rescued from shlPwreck. Mo-
raIzin this disastrous conclusion ot his life and la
bors, Carlyle goes on tO say
"As fool dieh dic;h The wise and there is differ
The chance Of HE sea- ana the i'll reward OF
human action-a melancholy emf for such nlan-kc The
md Of warrior dying Epamnonins like the field OF
victory but oil in poor braw or nmbnscaGc Bnt
with all these They were cut oil IN the iow
OF their days and few indeed Of them ali their bones IN
srpuchres Of their fathers They knew the service
which they had chosen and thcv did ask the wages Tor
which they had labored Lite with them n" sum
.r huyiay but holy sacrifice offered up dn'y and what
their master welcome. Beautiful Is old igc-bcau
ri'u the slow dropping m,l"w autumn Of rich glorious
summer. In The old man. Nature has fulfilled her work
a well spent life anu surrounded by his children ana MS
chtrons chill rcn she rocks hm softly 10 grave 10
nn, cali i, 5enU.iin i'll beautiful bar not Inc ,> beau
iiful There life ! rnu. and hDrnv. troaGcn
bleeding and aching brow; the hi Of whic! the
the SYMBOL battle which peace follows ms side
grave; which The lpe' 10 finish before The 'ct"ry
won; and strange ht it should b. h'> is the highest
lie u Lp1k back along the great names OF history
there is whose life has been other than this ley TO
been given do III" really highest work on
carth-whoevcr they Jew Gentle Pa Christian
warriors legislators philosophers priests poets, kings
81 .yes-onc and ALL thertae has been The sametlc same
htt.r Gun has been given To them 10 drink and
uh the servants of England in The sixteenth CENTURY
ri-r Ic long bAc either with the elements or WIN
and it enough or them to i"hi their work and to
The hour when God had nothing more To BID
t:.nfn d. They did cOmpain and why should we COM
ri IN for them Peaceful life what they desired,
honorable death had No terrors Tor them mars was
tie old Grtc!an spirit.
Seeing" in Gorrt's words, chat death is in
cytab and the o virtue mmOn wherefore IN TINS
behalf mutdre rel hmcrc SpsTRo
81 s-o-n 10 change ar fdrr-a noble motto and right
manly Yc, ieu'l Is not the gca test foe that mon
and proud mrn-have TO front lhcre IS Vcr'ao: Lie
| hay, ul,,If
.crnrr still that ihices mans blood with cot. and
whose har!e still 10 bear. Many aspiring spi-
ri, has forced feel under her mn!s;atl"ns, Ike
b.rai-how nard the way - Wien conspiracy oi world
.4aonr blcscr and deeper Than that which opened on
| 3unyan's visions, ,er Genius either dr"oPcd s weary
"a.s aud did, nkIn. into the DARK dcphs-or screamed
its srl wrath agony and defiance IN pr"e$' against
the present y nng crntusicsa- did Dante IN his DIVINE
The sentiments an! the Language o this may be
considered exaggerated, and they are; bu ~! strong
,,,.L,n r strong feeling must itself N expression
uj Where there Is beat there must &c @trew"re 'ef'
are sulr.a there will also be- -uohe, and IL i probable spO
Eat xny account drspse the genial gto"
tic varying gh ana heat rad'an2 from the iifc ,hi pro
duccs ai But. is indignant protest trnc fias
o always been 50? and from very oi man and
D! society must continue, until Utopia or the Nh
| irnium tangible rcl'cs!
Witness your poets from Dante down - burns; %" !" 90
into the din regions Of antiquity take Homer Is ne br
Yir .ttrslicu from III" "i Greeks down !" 'ie "a u
the Ronlns" Calhoun whose life tr'Grty was "iil'n on
nj. face and n,w ry br 'Ir nlrtl history "i Pom
ers Sut yny cnn,innc III cnlIo nn Though lh" Str'd
manifestations m in sp!rod ntrl-ctl Let Ike ?hast
ony-lh. Rriortnr More eSpec v these hl:d nitcr'
your Rc.un.rs or R.v"lni1n!''- ,ie f'o'
r.rra Of political progress Ffo;n Rmnzf- last Roman
down 10 the late mu"cmfn IN. pI!r "i h"dcth
hrst,rv shnws ,fat cv have like did ieitrn Saturn, '
you're. their c,iIr"n first Ee'g!hlnd apply sin 81
mat R.vulGDn n which hc wut an orl!inh'"r ana VIC
Tim 70 such self-sacricing # also sci seeking pioneers
is accorded in life what after generations NOR" horay
best wa stone when, in extremity 'hey ask Tor
! bread.
Richmond knows tie s,t story o genius Of her own
ut whom his true bnr h" '"t- ''e inc p'ct-s"mI
Of nh tunes have nis and given Il expression N ''
forms Of speech Tne manly souls have riroF ac
cgatei IT, ard stumbled III. darkness oi nam less
t,rnos sustained tie s'rn CONVICTIONS "' me" s'"
that they "cnuid not ot,el grim old .n'ner saa
when urged his Struggle against p'incHniu"s hna
powers earth ani, AZ h" firmly br"'H'" :"
Tpe is Obvious. Rr!giousf 'rci'se We ca" oe-
come perfect only through suffering r iron never
would become steel through Inc furnace hea-ahn
humanity because common mind hates 10 look upward
ar frwnrd TO comm. troubles p-f the performance
of painful tuc huge the present. and VISITS us anger
On rs Troublesome agltio', VINO constitute nc
advanced guard ol coming evens t1r the stormy per-,
vi humanity there is rest gratitude no honor ana "
ten no hon well the poe, puurtraycd their destiny
IN that Of the warning bird, taken as their typoi
"D'er tho dep ger .ie deep
Whrra the wfa" an! IN shirS ah. tit '"oi'1 'eP'
uut.h n. rts last AMI III. trtvins r'ia,
Il The p-ttc! t-ll..h her alen 'aIs
Fox lriGat curSe.!i the "trnins h',.
rha, h,ia rcrn nm news oi the strFa 'toir.srt
All, shus doth the pforHr; q" ,, s"oa ., 80, IN,
Meeth g rui h. t'Grt- ~ l'''' ''II'
Va, n, meyer C,l,-r- Prfea sfrins
Oace more o er III. waves % thy Storm! ~i's'
A., ;,, bis mo,ceau Of ,aofaLng shall close this
r,mhlg rn,osody spun OF brain, TOO busy, most o
the nrr, with day realities TO lnause IN %Ha. MANY
consider such intellectual drarn'dfnk1ng as ih!s from
o1' '''"N DOCTOR DUBlTANTlUM.
THE DANvILLE RAILROAD
As proof that have oycresimated the impor
ance Of this ro I'D, will make simple statement. !
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