Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-08-31
4 gsRIsslFc;: Years EEcncp.


D TnIS life Of ours is full Of mysteries.
We rise in the morning, we go to bed
at night, We toll and toll, aud sleep
sleep, and then we die. On the brink
Of time stands man, eating his way by
moments, plodding unconscious of the
waste within, the wear and ,ear OF
that exquisite machine, the human
body Proud Of the intellectual and
physical achievements Of Che past,
gloryin9 III the conscious sense Of
; strength in the prcsent, boastfnl Of the
finite power which God has given him
yet off iorgctiul Of til" source from
whence it spruug. man lives his little
span.--grabhing, delying, spinning,
telling, like the ant-a larger ant, less
wise witha!, and grateful AS he
stands i'll his nlatchless Symmltry and
strength, p2cring through the Godlikc
light Of reason into the Unlathomablo
abyss Of space, putting a @iYlIr round
about lh" ear,h, and Digging deep in,
tojts bowels. thinking, droaminG, pray
ING. cur>in9, he knows not what a
moment may bring forth, OF when in
the decree Of an all wise Providence
his little lamp shall cea%e to shine on
earth.
Man Tor the future can but reason
from the past. In hundred years he
has seen or heard Of many changes or
this wondrouS globe he calls his home.
Great souls have come and gone.
great souls will come again intellect
has quickenrd the means Of iocomo-
ton, lcSScned the Atlantic curse of
toll intellect will do so still. SO
he reasons, and SO his logic rcsis upon
the past One hundred years ago The
world travelled in numbering coaches,
sailed the seas in SLOW going ships;
to-day the irou-horSo goes t.arjng
through the land and steamers bridge
the widest oceans. Months have
changed TO weeks and weeks to hours
one n"n9f'o years ago Ia" 'Taye!tr
"r,Weoh NG% OFF an" me l'''n'iS
wilds would have made up his mind
to 3 thrcc-weeks' tlI), in numbering
wagons. sleepy ferries and umoomiort-
able stages. In the year ot grace
1879, two days and one night passed
II! ea>c anu co"'Io'' h,' '',il! 'u' III
h'S o"'"o! v"I' " men ms NAleS-
= ; troops S"l'e" from ,'i' Sn"T"' OF
h'S'''''a 10 give '''eS2 Noo'''s,S Il les
SOIL ,ne! were 'oF'u""'' II thFee-
weeks tossing ." 'h' n'0a" Autl''''
@fo"gi'' ,''e',i " nam H'Sni OF we"
lo"no'a'''' Io-'ay an v!T''' ''a{. P''-
SaSe IS " ''"''eF CT COURSE " ''hoH'
multiplying ILLUSTRATIONS, 1t Is NOT III
'he lea'' "PSFer unnatural .'a' me
'nan OF nc No'lr. peer'n& INTO tue
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rs dark ana Ul''aFhoh2o!e depths,
sun! GfGa'cr '''!"e" toward 'ha' goa!
W'llcI' ms iAa1'ha''o" pictures as inc
u lI 'n"lt u ln'P'!'''c P"FlV'"oN'
h.ccNic''Y mas @d'e' ~, ''S Si'"'N 10 ere
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g"Iug ''e'r "aFNS '''ro"S" space
'o"''i 'o'''elS p''u9c 'l!c seas anu
steaHn go "o" II before hlSneT ioFce :
" III N"o"s M'''' Is ~ W -'''ta"y
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'llo'oFS 'he ouSy pf'''iS "i me" "re
at WORK across t'e ocean III MY
moo,S' 50 reaI' 'Ne '"IeSV ,aie--a
NE ooa' raise" ~ gas IN" Sll'ea ny
steam 49,,
a huiloreo years hence " no Una,
Is Dora To-Day small I'VE TO see II, and
Wna'' II ne docs i've, small ne See--a
daily oallon TO LONDON. an afternoon
"TRIP TO riorIda ; " Il! 'he docks now
echo'ng to the MSS OF steam be h'led
oy strange, nnear'hIE shapes, with
wings ana rams and ga0dy bags OF
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