Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-26

| devise. la reality, Richeliou, IKE
many others whose public lives have
been prolonged into the domain Of In.
activity II not senillty, was too much
enamored u HE own prowess to sur
render Il ut time when he could have
done 81 with credit and have thus
maintained his great reputation
throughout the nges 10 come; and being
no longer abie to engage actively In
tho field OF diplomacy, he sought to
sustain himself by means Of cunning
aud craft alone. lie became unscrup-
ulous, peevish and cruel, and finally
went down with his greatness Oh.
scured, his fame sullicd and
himself despised. IL was not
for want Of Judgment, for his
was beyond the scope OF most mems
cornprchc nsion; nor because OF falling
intellect, his being sbnormaily good to
the end; but for the reason tina. he was
vain and inflated with the greatness Of
his station and the aiulation Of the
courtisrs and minions about him
these trophies he would not give up
and he prolonged his life's work be-
yond the time when nature demanded
that he cease from trouble or troubling.
There are many similar casvs, con.
spicuous among them being that Of
Edwin Forrest, tho greatest Amer.
| lean tTagedian ami one OF the greatest
the world ever produced. He mounted
to giddy heights and had the world OF
intellect and culture OF his feet. He
was llonized everywhere and looked
up toby everybody. Cfnsus seemed 10
have unlocked his vaults aud poured
the contents out upon the gifted man.
He rosr, he rcignod, he fell. aud fell
| iynominiously. Decadenoe sat In, the
govt and other destructive agencies
laid their deadly clutch upon him,
but ~ vain, NO inperous, 40 unwilling
10 give up his sway had he be-
come that In the face Of nature,
contrary TO reason aud against the re-
monstrance Of friends he perslsted In
dragging his swollen feet upon tho
stage and making OF the heroes which
once broaihed and moved aud spake
through him the most hidcous Of carl.
caturcs. A few friends chung to him,
but only few; Il WINS because OF what
he had been, not what he had become.
Thus broken.hearied and broken.spirlt.
ed, he ended his career In disgraeeiul
failure.
When men have achieved full
measure Of life's usefulness In q partic-
ular calling and arc thus entitled to
honorable retirement, or AZ least 10
such abatement OF actual toll Us VIII
not be utterly inconsistent with their
enieebled condition, to persist In going
ahead IA actively ms when tbs heydRy
OF full manhood was upon them, Ia
unjust 10 those who depend upon them
IA wall an themselves. Who can meas.
ure the depth Of the misfortune thai
n great cause will be- plunged into n,
though lack OF aggressivenoss, deter
minaiion and vigor the present govern
ment OF Great Britain shall fail? II
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