The Brookhaven leader., 1888-05-17

| KNOW large reach OF lanU iuat Is not
| built on. l ask what is the matter, and
! they reply that every body who has had
any thing TO dp with that property got
into trouble about 1t. It's jast SO with this
world, every body that has had any thing
! to do with il, as a possession, has been in
! pcrplexity. How was it with Lord Byron?
/ Did he not sell his immortal soul for the
purpose of getting the world? Was he
/ satisfied with the possession? Alas! alas !
the poem graphically describes his case
when it says:
Drank every cup Of joy.
/ Heard every trump Of fame;
! Drank early deeply drank,
/ Drank draughts which common millions might
/ have QuCuchcd
1 Then died Of thirst because there was no more
| 10 drink.
! Oh, yes. he mad trouble with it; and SO
! did Napoleon. After conquering nations
/ by the force OF his sword, he lies down to
/ die, his entire possession the military
/ boots that he insisted ON having upon his
/ feet while he was dying. So it has been
/ with men who had better ambition.
/ Thackcray, one OF the most genial and
/ lovable souls, after he had won the APP
| plause of all intelligent lands through his
wonderful genius, sits down in rcstaur-
ant in Paris. looks To the other end of the
room ana wonders whose that forlOrn and
wretched face is; rising up after awhile,
he finds that il IS ThaCkeray in the mirror.
Oh, yes, this world is a cheat. Talk about
Il man gaining the world! Who ever
gained half of the world? Who ever
owned n lemisuhere> Who ever gained a
Contiuentt Who ever owned AsiaE Who
ever gained n cityg Who ever owned
BROOKLYN? Talk about gaining the worldi
No man ever gained it, or the hundred
thousaudth part Of it, You are de-
handing that | sell my soul, not for the
world, but for a fragment of it. Here is a
man who has had large estate for forty
or fifty years. He lies down to die. You
say, THAT man is worth millions and
millions of dollars - Is he? You call up
a surveyor, with his compass and chains,
ard You say:
"Tlere is a prop.rtv extending three
miles in ooe direction. and three miles in
another direction"
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