Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-06-22
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Random thoughts for all Readers.
It has been remarked that, .ssthe proper
study ofmankind ismsn.p and yet, human ns.
ture is an enigma Of most difficult solution,
and SO intricate in ali lis l~sbyrinths as to defy
the skill Of the most profound scholar. When
we look upon society, we are astounded atthe
ways OF men, and our better nature sh inks
back at the injustice, inhumanity and incon-
sIstency VII ch stalks abroad with giant stfdes
IN open day. II we contemplate men az they
appear unto Us every Gay, we shall be com-
PEELED 10 conclude that this state of existence
Is The only Que whirh mortals are toenjoy, and
that It is to be perpetual. The grasping am
bltion ofthe man whose whole soul and mind
is bent in gathering up riches, thousands up n
thousands and acres upon broad acres, finds
but poor qualification in the reflection that, 10
a few years at most, the requirement Of a life
OF uncea'ing toll and harrassing thought, must
be parted with-left for thanklesS relatives 10
squandei in reckless expenditure. fitting about
as a gay butterfly upon borrowed plumage.-
We say it is a reflection devoid of Poetry, that
all the accumulated fortune ofa life Of abste-
miousnesS and self saerifce--tbe piles Of gold
and glittering wealth-the broad acres, must
De given in exchange for a spot OF land, sir
feet in length By too in breadth! "Contem.
plate The s~cene," There is a moral contain
Ell therein, and wise is no who draws it from
its secret hiding place, and makes it the rule
Of his life.
The ambitious aSp'rant who thirsts after
place and power among mem panders to the
worst passions Of our nature in the hope of
reaching the goal Of his desires, finds but little
pleasure in the reflection that, ere long, in
stead of the grateful sounds o Unpopular homage,
will come up from the hollow earth a lumber
ing of c!odS upon the coffin lid "Shouli not
the reflection humble human pride 2"
He who drinks deep at the fountain of
knowledge struggles up the hill of science,
has the qualification Of knowing that his labor
will benefit The present generation and gene
rations yet unborn, and that his researches and
discoveries in the book Of nature and science,
will rebound TO the good of humanity, and
"the amelioration Of the condition OF man
by teaching them primary truth-im-
a knowledge of their Author, nature,
AID future existence. The object and aim is
life of reasonable toll and privation.
He who plods along through life, earning his
''bread by the sweat of his brow" the mental
cloggeJ blythe toll necessary 10 supply
The wantsof the physical constitution, won
1ers why his condition is SO, and what his fu-
rep;ning at the DEGREES Of destiny or
Deity, and f%orgetful that ''naked lie came into
he world and naked he must depart out of it,"
md that "dust he is, and unto dust he must
return" Bat, here is an enigma! Why is
ny ~neighbor supplied with wealth and all the
,ood things Of earth in luxurious abundance
neither toiling nor spinning, and I am com-
'elled TODD both for a mere pitiful subsistence,
o support that nature wherewith my creator
endowed me. What his reward and destiny
Ind ,Ohat mine? We must both return to the
,rave--ifth that is The JfaaIty, why this dispari-
y in circumstances in life, if THERE'S another
tate OF existence where and what the equai
zr m
1t has been said that "Man's iahumanity 10
nan makes countless millions mourn" Whyl
hould this be lamenta5ly true? Are zoe OF,
ne zoe NOT, every ons Of US, the haudiwork of
ne Creator, then why inhuman towards one
Did God being good and holy. Gre ,
te us wicked and unclean-and does his hand
onier upon some prosperity, and withhold it :,
rom others of his children? Who can an
wer? Tell ne oh Reason! Revelation, ,
Thy are these things so? Tell me Justice ,
thou Great Author Of all created things an f,
and 'inanimate. why is human nature so ,
lversihed, and yet the products of the same
llmighty hand What are thp concealed de- :
lgns Divinity, tending to Thy glory or pleas
re, which demands that mankind should be
yer to mankind problem SO injissoluble.
But, there are a thousand phases, perfectly I
lcomprebens bic, in which we might view
uman nature as it is developed unto us in
he every day walks Of life. We might look
t that man bent down under the weight and I
of disease-and that one strong and
'bust in health that one in afiuence and q
and that one in penury and ~rags-that I
ne in a sea Of prosperity and this one in an {
cean of adversely. We might look then at
len and their actions +! So long as man is t
limbing up the bill OF prosperity, a thousand /
are outstretched 10 assist him, but let
i'm get on the inclined plane downwards, and !
m thousand arms are exerted in ace e~lerating {
is speed! When prosperity smiles, friends G
lther arounl IL armies-when adversely frowns ;
icy generally take wings and fly away. t
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G'lt is astonishing the large amount of bus.
ess done in the art Of Dagus rreotyping in :
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