The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-02-11
NUMBER 49,.

in the enjoyment of tickle minded time,
or shall eternity or distance intervene bel
tween us? None call tell.s .Bid III 94isasr
Time! Time!! Time!l What art thoai,
Oh! invisible, incomprehensible, unsearch-
able, unfathomable -time!! OF what art
thou composed or why dost thou play
truant thus with man We ask the learn.
ed Philosopher, what is time? he answers
81 KNOW NOT" We ask the ancient
Greek what is time the answer comes
through the labyrinth of ages eve KNOW
NOT" We ask the angelic hosts that
surround the Beatic Throne, what is time!
with one accord they answer I'VE KNOW
NOT, but one of our number shall stand
with one foot upon the sea, and the other2
upon the land, and shall proclaim that
time shall be no longer" .s5esa zpe4
Time properly defined is the present.
The squandered past is not time the IN.
certain future, there is none. Young says.b
"Ah . how unjust to nature and himself "a a
Is thoughtless, thankless inconsistent mani Slsi
Like children babbing nonsense in their spetteIi
IN, :. 80 -, a.,s~s,..-.t.a.s,:. :. -
' span WV st''As : 'AA % ''u'ous soo'
.ns an eA pe0teise sife'3 9ai
To lash the lingering moments into speed, ss.,,
And whirl us (happy riddance) from ourselves.
me ~ aqsan0e 0ealna nun macs nus wings
Behold him when n,sssa =, lv. w,,.ts.r.r s ss...ny
But his broad pinions ,swifter than the vinassa,
And all mankind in contradiction strong, s, ) y
Rueful' ashast cry out on his career @ a..sos
"o VASE vase no' Use 0uf 'ne We 0fea'ns ., nos e,;,
Time wasted is exist pssa ;.,;f.. aaa .;ss
And why since time was given, for ase.. not =
!. gss,, waste, aab 2lsasas. S sai,Iu ,taa,
Enjoined r to fly, with tempest tide and stars
~ Neep ms speeo, nor ever walt ior man.
-, - !, :. 81. So, ~.
And feeling, fly to labor for his cure s,f..;.
Not blunaering @ g split on idleness for eass ,,l,.
we push time irom u.s. ana wish him back
II - '.,s -e's S'N''' s'''' = A'A'.' ss'-
O the dark ,5.g 5axs Of yon;.v, 9s.5 a lassl
Here, how ho Z ttastelsss and how terrible whom pa
? gone! 80 . ss'sR-l = ssia ,seD
Gone! they ne'er go; when passed they haunt
- =, ...r,u;. H. :, s.. -
And smiles an angel. or a fnrv frovns
Nor death nor life delight us /" :. ~.
se To observe the laws Of old time would
be well in erring man; but how shall We
do this? By taking view Of the past, we
see many, very many instances of profit
gacy of time, and wish, but wish in VAN,
to improve the past. If we look back,
over the pathway of life. we win find in
every man 'ssexperience that he "sets fsrss
ward with spirit and hope, with gayety and sd
with diligence, towards the mansions of adj
rest. In short time he remits hisferver qoi
and endeayorsI to, find some more easY sss
means Of obtaining the same end.lI Wsalf
then relax our vigor, and resolve no lon- y
ger to be, terrified with crimes at dis, :,
tance; but rely upon our own constancy, 7
and venture to approach what we resolved
never. to touch, We thus enter the Dor, n,
ders of case, and repose in the shades Of a,
security Here the heart seftens, and
yioilepce subsidies. we are then willing to
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least trrn our eyes upon the gardens OF ="
pleasure. We approach them with scru. i'ii
ter t;morous and tremb,;n and aIvnysabi
f,s9l t-..l .l..s,.s.,7al I'll
ittN9Po t9pP W pass '-'
ing the foau oi, virtue, WHICH, iot wh'ie'
we keep in our sight, and 70 which We