Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16


thought accordant, and in the abscondng
of bank cashier oh, my friends, the
world wants more of She spirit of Let him
up" and less of the spirit of Thumbs
down. There are hundreds of men in the
prisons of America who ought to be dis
charged, because they were the victims OF
circumstances or have suffered enough.
There are in all professions and occupa-
tions men who are domineered over by 9th
ers and whose whole life is a struggle with
monstrous opposition, and circumstances
have their heel upon the throbbing and
broken hearts. For Gods sake, let them
upl Away with this spirit of Thumbs
down." What The world wants is ,000men
like Telemachus to leap out of the gallery
into the arena, whether he be a Roman
Catholic monk or a Methodist steward or
! Presbyterian elder, and go in between the
contestants. blessed are the peacemalers,
for they shall he called the children of Godr'
One-half the world is down, and the other
half is up, and the half that is up has its
heel on the half that is down. If you, as a
boss workman, or as n contractor, or as a
/ bishop, or as q state or national official, or
as n potent factor in social life or in any
way are depressing any one, know that the
same devil that possessed the Roman Coli
scum Expresses you. The DiOcletians are
not all dead The cellars leading into the
arena of lifes struggle are not all cmptied of
their tigers. The vivisection by young doc
tors Of dogs and cats and birds most of the
time adds nothing to human discovery, but
/ is only a continuation of Nespasians Coli
/ scum.
| The cructes OF the world generally be-
gin in nurseries, and in home circles, and in
day schools. The child that translixes a
fly with pin or the low feeling that sets
4 two dogs into combat, or that DULLES n
weak or crippled playmate, or the indtier-
ence that starvcs n canary bird, needs only
to be developed in order to make a first
class Nero or a fun armed Apollyon. 1t
would be good sentence to be written on
/ the top line of n childs book and n fit in
scription to be embroidered in the arm
chair of the sitting room, and an appropri
ate motto for judge and jury and district
attorney and sheriff to look at in the court
house, Blessed are the merciful, for they
shall obtain mercy"
SOLEMN LESSONS FROM ROME.
And SO the ruins of that Coliseum
preach to me Indeed the most impressive
things on earth are ruins. The four great
est structures ever built are in ruins. The
Iarthenon in ruins the temple of Diana
in ruins, the temple of Jerusalem in
"a
earth itself will vot he n nilo of rims
The mountains in ynirs tho seas in rims
The cities in rims tbo bornisnLaras in
rri,s Va, f,,r+bo,, +b,,, +h,+ ali IN o,J
do,v,, +be heavens oro ,,,o,Ids burnod nm
,vo,,Ids ,,.roolod would, ov+irc+ ,ro,.Ids
abandoned Worlds an worlds in ruins,
But nm olad fo saw if il the same old
be,ve, and in all that world tbera 10 not
nne min and never will mo n min Not ono
If the neorlv yatos viii ever become nm
hingad Not ona of tho .n,atbvetina tow.
ere will ever foIl Not one of tho mansions
will over doc,v Not ono NJ tho cbo,.io+s
will ever he 1lnwbeelod Not one of thn
thrones will eyer rock down oh mako
sure of heaven for il is an evarla.ti1,t
beayenl Through Christ the Lord get
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Brindisi and Athens and Fgvnt and paloe-
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