, 1877-11-18

The following is an extract from Tue ADDRESS
OF Socrates to the Judges who condemned him:
Moreover, we may henec conclude that thsfe ;; Is
one of two things: for either the dead may be nn-
unlimited and have no sensation whatever: or, as
It is said there are certain change ana paasaSe .,
nriyation Of all sensation, as it were sleep In
Which the sleeper has no dream, death would be q
han ceath Is removal from hence to another
niace and what is sasd be true. that all the dead
are there whut greater blessing can there Dc than
tes tess9eS ny uaEsn' en hose H. p petend to
be Judges, one shall tint thoee who are true
Judges, and who are said to Judge there Minos ana
others Of the demi gods as we're just dnrlng ther
own life, would this be u sud removal! AT what
price would sou not estimate conference WIN
should indeed be willing to die often, II this De
truet =, ~to
mouth OF Socrates:
H1did not think should go, first o} all, among
other deitcs who are both wise an1 e9ou' an anu
next, mong men who hare dcparted'thls lilc, pet
ter than any here, shonld oe wrong IN mol esle'n
1t dcsth; but now, he assured, hope 20 60 aHlons
good men, though would not posit1se5 4ssest 49,
fiat, however shall 60 among gods who are per-
GOOD mastes be asEufed m h fan pina
The following is from Marcus Aurelius:
Thou hast embarked, thou hast made the voyage,
thuu art cun,e to shore; get out. II indeed 10 an
other lfc there is want OF gods, not even tnese.
But il to state without sensntlon ihou WILL cease
to be held BY pains and pleasures and to be sase
to the vessel, which is as much ln1erlos as tHa'
which seryesst is superior; 10! the one Is auser-
ton . Pass then, through this little space
OF time confozmab1y nature: and end thy Journey
in content; just Us an olive ias gu "sa ~ Line
the tree on which IT. grew. ~ ,nruuEa ,ntu1s
e things which happen aecGranS to ona nntaas nv
it H. and FILLING npon that earth out OF Wnicn ny
father collected The seed aud my mother the blood
and my nurse the milk; out q wEn , 1an an5
drink; which bears the when tread On II ana ABUSE
1t for SO many purposes
The following is from Epictetus:
At what employment, then, would YOU nave 9s 9
BE- come humane bene6cent public spirited. none
action. But If cannot be found dong any suc9
great things, yet, at least, woufa be dons Wnas
given ME to do.-correctng myself; IMPROVING
that faculty which makes use Of the phenomena OF
existence to procure tranquility, and 5cnaeF 10 Inc
several relations Of life their due; and II am 30
1ortuna,e advancing still further to the security OF
Judging right. II death oveEtakes me Ill such et
uaton ii IS enough for me IT, can stry,Ge out ,lr
| have received from Thee u comprencnoins ana
! obeyius Thy administration have not Neglected
As tar me lay have not dssaonoren ! ahee, &c
See how | have used my perceptions; now my
convictions. Have at any time found faul'
| with Thee: Have been disconten:ed ut Thy dis,
| pen>atious or wished them otherwise: nave
transyrcssed the relations Of life: thank lnee
| that Tnou haat brought me into ueng. nm EATS
fled with the time have enjoyed the things "nich
| Thou hast given me. Receive them back again At
Thou wilt for they we're all Thine anu Ihoa CAV
| est them to me. "
| The following is from Cicero:
But let us. If indeed it ellould be our fate to
know the time which is appointed by the hsrf goas tn
and grateful mind, thinking ourselves like mer
| who IRE delivered from JUL and released from
| their fetters for the purpose OF going back to Oh
| eternal habitation, which may be more emphati
cally called our own; else to be Invested OF al
| sense and trouble. II, on the other hand. W
| should have no notice given us of this decree se
| le, US cultivate such disposition as to look OF
| that formidable hour Of death as happy for III
| though shocking to our friends; and let US nevc
imagine anything to be an evil which Is the up
| pontment of the immortal rods OF OF nature, In
| common parent Of ALL For it is not by hazard 0
| without design that we have been born ana al1u
| niel Us have On The contrary, beyund a
| doubt there il j certain power which consults "a
| happiness Of human nature; and this would ne!tn
| CT have produced nor provided for II being whlch
/ after having gone through the !a6ors OF lte. wa
| 10 fall into eternal misery by death. Let III
/ ruther infer that we have retreat and maven pre-
| pared for us, which wish we could crowd AT sal
| and arrive at; bur- though the wands should no
serve and we should be driven back, yet we shat
| to a certainty arrive ut that point eventually
| though somewhat Inter, But how can that
miserable for one which all must Of necessity uu