The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-09
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James T.. 6eOrVc, Deceased.
will call those laws, 10y negative
exclusion, immtunblc which arr un,
made by man, although he is inevitably
subject to them, and il is without n,nil
that he seeks their origin and knows
| only in pnrt their effect, in seeking
their origin the iinity of his mind he
comes lost in the in'ini;y of the retreat
ing horizon: or MS watching the hight
of bird It's visihlencss Il 81 gradually
lost thnt he Is overwhelmed IN the con
fusion rs to the point where IT became
lost from view
There is nothing 80 common yet so
vague. as Birth and Death. The tangi
hility Of the living body serves only to
intensity the ignorance of the pre,exis.
tent OF the beginning and post existent
of the dissolution Birth and death
furnish the horizon IN two directions TO
knowledge, but beyond those bounda.
ries there Ia infinite vagucness, In
the beginning without designating
WHEN. is an uncertain point of time.
To birth and death there il no adjacen
cy there ia nothing contiguous vet
Tn" mind, hccnnsc Of It's utter depend
"ncr. while not lnoking tar nlact Of the
building II itS tenement. searches cen.
fusc,lly into the future for Il, finite
hahitntion. The ont stretching how.
ever, will touch N thing more tnupil,
than TINT wh,rb il Touched hr the top
branches of II tree which ,ninlv reach
into the profunlity of the uniaihomrI
air
Our power Of reproduction Is the
same as that by which We are produced
we exist passivcly. We are alone un.
til we feel sudden companionship,
which Is dissolved a. mystcriously as it
was formed-the sundering Is M little
understood as the joining, Whence?
Whithery are inde6nities that are
maddening because Of the inability to
ask nndthe inability TO answer There
Is no consent upon our part to exist
ence; we are subject to some other pow.
cr than WILL. We spring mp like
plants and like them decay The one
enjoys the luxury Of the native sur
rounding. The other Aourishes from the
very adversely thereof.
Like unto the latter was James Y.
George.
lie was like the twisted oak that
springs from the rocky mountain side,
his spirit was like the powder confined.
When cold circumstance attempted to
imprison his early power. it merely
gave his mind projectile force. He was
in no sense n passive growth but Strug.
glcd to strength. He pre- -cminently
possessed that protoplastic power which
increases by labor. Refined ruggedness
and subjugated power are more potent
than luxuriant ability.
Gentle opportunity weakens the
chances Of possession. There IL no de.
nying the succeeding quality Of indom-
itableness. II IL one Of success essen.
tials; the bright eifulgence Of the moon
Is not TO be compared to the constant
dripping Of water
The unfavOrableness of Senator
Georges early surroundings merely
gave him Subjugation. which is az
sweet M the conquest Of woman. lIe
was an aggressive conIueror of opposi
Iion, His mind wns like n restless and
rcsistless tide that heats increasingly
upon the shores OF opportunity until it
has gained nm everlasting ebb and flow
|hcrenpon.
Variety Of experience gives broad
ness adverse experience. when u ~.
cipcs bitterness, wOmbs charity; this is
true Of the latter when
with victory
Thus he hnd not only strength and
broadness from contest and chnrity
from both, but like all grcnt men he
had liberality.
He knew RIGHT because he had seen
he rightly used power in later
years because he had felt the positive
lack OF 1t In former years the mature
strength was sweetly tempered by the
Early weakness.
He loved friend because he was
thoroughly one himself He despised
ittleness because he was ~ great him
self: be condemned narrowness because
Df his own catholicity. II he hated
falseness 1t was because he was himself
true.
IL was the omnipotent right in him
that enabled him TO detect evil in 9th
,rs 1t was the broad charity Of him
hat threw a mantle over their weak.
1aaaaa Va neyap did Vt,rht tI,r.u,,l,