Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-06-12

srs of the pTis0n-hoese u s !.
!s;,. ,hoss whom they passed anao- :
.;osa : m he resting in peSoe in that ei'ss'@s
,.na where nothing u~nelean shall ever enter,
ana where no ills shall ever again moisss
them.
AN .h,onph Westminster Abbey. the
cemetery for Britain's Distinguished uesa' mas
hambled and brought to its senses many =
proud, arrogant mind. There the bones oi
Mary. the unfortunate Mary, Queen Oh Sco's'
are reposing ntpeace beside those OF her :
crr-agd Fog. Eiizssesttss ighty statesmen.
fst Whose wisdom guided the mis-.
tress of the land and seas, and whose elo-
quenee entranced all the nations of Europe.
are sleeping side by side. What a tanning
thoughtit is to human pride, to walk through
such a place and behold the work of time.
which "at last sets all things even" and be-
hold the end Of ambition-the termination
OF all human schemes and p~rojectsl
Unlimited power, golden thrones and
sparkling diadems cannot prevent them from
doing its ~work-setting all things even
Philip, one of Macedon's greatest monarchs.
met with such uninterrupted success in his
attempts to subjugate the world and acquire
dominion over his fellowman, that he seemed
likely to forget that he himself was a man,
and consequently had to appoint a page,
TRass Sas sEsfy d il Es s. that f. fact. But ting:
and that too by the hand Of the assassin, soon
placed him on an equality with the meanest
of his subjects.
Alp Arslan, valiant Lion, one of the most
iliustrious of the Turkish Sultans and re
moved of Oriental conquerors, whose man
date the millions of Asia obeyed, commanded
the following sentence to be inscribed on his
tomb: 30 ye who have seen the glory of
Alp Arslan exalted to the heavens, repair to-
Maru, and you will see it buried in the dust
Cresus, the rich King of Lydia, showed all
his wealth and its splendors to Scion, one of
the seven wise men of Greece, and asked
him if he did not think him the happiest
man in the world. To this Scion replied,
that no mar could be considered happy be-
fore death. When Crosus was afterwards
bound to a stake to be burned by order OF
: Cyrus, and the fagots began to blaze up
! around him, he remembered the saying of
: Scion, and cried in the bitterness of anguish,
"Solon Scion" Time soon brought about
t q sad, sad change in his fortunes. All his
millions could not ward off his hard fate, nor
e prevent the hand of Time from executing its
n work.
e There are many divisions of mankind, but
perhaps that of rich and poor is the most
0 general and it may be that rejecting on this
caused the Wise Man to say, The rich ane
poor meet together" Yes, time will soor
bring all extremes together, and set all thing;
= even. The possession of wealth adds mucl
to the influence and responsibility of people
I'd Says solomon, the poor is despised of hi
1e neighbor, but the rich hath many friends
lie A young lady with a fortune is much clev
/ erer and handsomer, and even younger i
of many instances, than one without. A few
IS. years will suffice to erase b e-lne&-a of dis
;h the expiration of half a century, it will mat
or ter but very little with most of them whethe
they were poor or rich, servants or master
" bond or free, ~illiterate or learned, friends o
av foes. They will be lying near each other i
the dust, partaking the same repose, and wal
&c. ing till the trump of God shall call them fort
in to meet their final doom. There will be bu
of one thing then that will make a differenc,
,al and that will be the condition of the hear
e The wealth, intelligence, or rank which or
;s possessed here will make no difference the
no When the executioner asked Sir Walter Ra
nd eigh if his head was right on the block, |
replied that it made but very little differen
Of how the head was SO the heart was RICH
nd Time will soon bring on that period VIII,
in nothing but the state of the heart will eau
vil a difference to be made between the maj
ags different grades of mankind.
re The sceptred kind, the burdened slave.
my The humble and the naughty die
nv The rich, the poor, the base, the brave.
In dust without distinction lie.
70 FLORUs-
eds
[Our esteemed and valued Corresponds
-. " FLoRUs," in a private note accompanyT
=: the above Communication, says-Peuha
you will not hear from me again soons
| have some notion Of going to the war, y q
less / find time to write IN camp Welsh
'0' sadly miss his instructive and INTEREST,"
= productions, and we know we express t
~ wish of our readers, when we request that
will not forg get the Age, whether in his stu
~. or in mi We hope he viii let us hear FRI
him as often as possible-and should he
to fight the battles Of his country, may
return covered with %Iaurels, and live to
green old age in the enjoyment of hea
hey
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Fortunes Ladder.
,;.s 1t is amusing to note the variety of mo
bv which tho ol;p,how a4NS.-xl Is =