The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-02-18
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The Rich and Great Not Always
Happy.
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Some people tell me, s.your doctrine
about loving and wives, aud all that, is
splendid for tile rich, but it won't do for
the poor" / tell you to night there is
more love in the homes of the poor than
in tue pslaces Of the rich. Tue meanest
hut with love in it is palace &. for
gods, and pslace without love is is a
den only fit for Wild beasts. That is my
doctrine! You cannot be SO poor that
you cannot help somebody. Good ma
ture is the cheapest commododity in the
world; and love Is the only thing that
will pay ten ber cent to borrower and
lender both. Do not tell me you have
got to be rich! W. have false stand.
ard Of greatness in the United States =
We think here that man must be great,
that he must be wise, that he must be no
torious; that he must be extremely
wealthy, or that his name must be on
the putrid lips of rumor. 1t is all q
mistake. 1t is not necessary to be rich
or to be great, or to be powerful, TO be
happy. The happy man is the success
ful man. Happiness is the legal tender
of the soul Joy is wealth, IN. -
A little while ago I stood by the grave
Of the old Napoieon-a magnificent
tomb OF gilt and gold, it almost for a
dead deity-and gazed upon the sarcos
'phagus & black Egyptian marble, where
rest at last the ashes Of that restless
man. / leaned over the balustrade and
thought about the career OF the greatest
soldier OF the modern world. / saw him
walking along the banks Of the Seine,
contemplating suicide I saw him a.
Toulon. ] saw him putting down the
mob in the streets of Paris l saw him
at the head Of the army in Italy. l saw
him crossing the bridge Of Lodi with the
tricolor in his hand-I saw him in Egypt
in the shadow Of the Pyramids-I saw
him conquer the Alps and saw him min
gle the eagles Of France with the eagles
of the crags. saw him at Mareagp-
at Ulm and AusterlitE I saw him in
Russia where the infantry OF the snow
and the cavalry of the wild blasts scat
tered his legions like winters withefed
leaves. ! saw him at Lsipsic in defea,
and disaster driven by million bayos
nets back upon Paris, clutched like a
wild beast. banished to Elba, / saw him
escape and retake an empire by force Of
his genius saw him upon the fright
ful field Of Waterloo, where chance and
fate combined to wreck the fortune of
their former king, and Il saw aim at st
Helena, with his hands crossed behind
him, gazing out upon the sad and sol
emn sea.
thought Of the orphans and widows
he had made, Of the tears that had been
shed for his glory, and of the only wp.
man who ever loved him, pushed from
his heart by the cold hand Of ambition,
and said l would rather have been 9
French peasant and worn wooden shoes !;
l would rather have lived in hut with
a vine growing over the door; and the
grapes growing purple in the Kisses of
the autumn sun. / would rather have
been that poor peasant, with my loving
wife by my side. knitting as the day died
out OF the sky-with my children upon
my knees and their arms about mel
would rather have been that man and
gone down into the tongueless silence OF
the dreamIess dust than to have been
that imperial personatiou OF force ard
mprder