The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-08-27
MEN WOMEN AND BOOKS.
EDITED ~ THE INTEREST OF THE CAIRO
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Aud his face lit MP with the smile ofjoy,
~ M angel dream passed DER him,
He carved it then on the yielding stone,
with many sharp incision,
With heayens's own light the sculptor shown,
Tie had caught the ongel vision,
Sculptor Of life are we, ny we stood
with our souls uncovered Def re us,
Waiting the hour when, at Gods command,
Our iife-dream shall pass DER us,
FIVE carve ~ then on the vie ding stone
With many sharp ncsion,
It's heavenly beauty shall be our own
Our Lives, that angel vision "
Blot out from England's history the
names Of Chaucer, Shakespeare, jpenscr
and Milton only; and how much Of her
glory would you blot with them! Take
from Italy such names rs Dante, Pe,rarch
Biccaccio, MichiaI Angelo and Raphael,
how much would be wanting to the com
peteness of her glory, How would the
history OF Spain look if the leaves were
torn out on which were written the names
of Cervantes, Lope de Vega and Calderon!
What would be the fame Of Portugal with
out her Camoens Of France, without her
Racine, Rabelas and Voltaire; or of Ger.
many, without her Martin Luther, her
Goethe, and Schiller! Nay what were the
nations of old, without their philosophers,
poets and historians Tell me do not these
men, in all ages and in all places, cmblazon
with bright coors the armorial bearings Of
their country Yes and far more than
this; they give humanity assurance of It's
greatness and say, Call not this time or
people wholly barbarous; for thus much,
even Their and there could the human mind
achieve - Longfelow's Hyp
Ru5kin asks: "What do you think the
beautiful word wife comes froml' 1t is
the great word In which the English and
Latin languages conquered the French and
Greek. | hope the French viii some day
get a word for it instead Of that Of femme
But what do you think it comes troml
The great value of the Saxon words is that
they mean something. Wife means
"weaver"You must either be housewives
or house moths, remember that In the
deep sense, you must either weave mems
fortunes aud embroider them, or feed upon
and bring them TO decay. Wherever true
wife comes, home is always around her.
The stars may be over her head, the glow.
worm in the nights cold grass may bs the
fire at her feet, but her home is where
she is
We are now enabled TO form definite
idea of the value Of the objects Of arts and
the library of Hamilton Palace. The sale
of the former has been completed, and the
total realization is G30S,0OO The books
have only been sold as far as the letter +
but never the less they realized the sum of
G32 ,00G, making grand total E43o, 600,
BY the time that the sale of books is com
,i,,.3 .ha.,, oo,o,+ Can 90 .ho.. % hale
p'e'o' Wv gun '''' ''' ''''
million OF money Inc aucuoheef COM
mission on this sum would probably amount
10 e25. OOO.-A Interchange.
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