The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31
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1 money, they could not comprehend for a long while why everybody toiled, hastened and plotted and surrendered all the hours of life to the task of gaining small un- attractive pieces of gold and silver.
 Imlac sold some of their jewels and
 hired a house which he adorned with
 such magnifcence that he immediately : was considered a merchant of great
 wealth. Soon the residence was frequent ed by men of every nation and of every
 calling. the wise being attracted by his
 knowledge and the gay by his hospitality.
 For some time Rasselas imagined that l he had found happiness. Wherever he turned he met gayety and kindness, and heard the laughter of joy or careless con tent. But after some months he perceived that he was as unsatistied as he had been in the happy valley.
 When Innlac heard his complaint he said: : Since you feel that your own appearance of happiness Is counterfeited you may guess what passes in the minds of others Believe me, Prince, of all our sprightly and merry guests. there is not one that does not dread the tyranny of reflection"
 
 very wise men among them. Surely they were sagacious enough to choose that mode of life most likely to make them | happy
 Very few men," answered Imlac, Tive by choice. Every man is placed in his position by causes which acted without his foresight. You rarely will meet one who does not think that the lot of some one else is better than his own"
 Rasselas listened. but would not be con- vinced. He was certain that happiness was to be found somewhere. He deter mined to seek 1t among the wisest One day he entered great building where a famous sage was featuring. The vener- able, calm man, with face illuminated by noble thought. showed in simple but ma- jectic words how happiness was gained when the passions were suppressed; how man was truly great and master of him. self when he was no longer the slave of fear nor emaciated by fear nor depressed I by grief, but moved calmly through the tumults and privations of life, armed with invulnerable patience.
 Rasselas was affected so deeply by his teachings that he sought a private audi ence a few days later. To his surprise he found the philosopher weeping. You come at time when I have suffered a ] loss that cannot be repaired" cried the philosopher. My daughter, my only 1 daughter, who filled my whole heart is 1 dead She has been taken from me in my i lonely age. For me everything is at an 1 end"
 Sir" said the Prince, repeating one of I the sage's own arguments, mortality is an event which cannot startle a wise man. We know that death is always | near, and. therefore, always to be ex- pected. Have your wisdom and reason no strength to arm your heart?' What comfort can wisdom and reason afford to me-" groaned the mourner, beating his breast, except to tell me the | extent of my loss and to make me feel 1 that I have lost my daughter forever?' Rasselas turned away and continued his search elsewhere till he heard of her init who lived on the lowest cataract of ! the Nile and who was famed for his wisdom. Imlac and the Princess agreed | to accompany him, and they set forth with a retinue adequate to the extent of the journey.
 On the way they passed into region | of peaceful fields, where shepherds tended their Innocent fiocks "Ah," cried the Princess, this is the life that I have heard praised by everybody. All the poets agree in celebrating it's innocence and l quiet. Perhaps our search will end here, | in this simple pastoral world" They stopped their Journey and stayed | long enough to gain the confidence of the shepherds To their disappointment they
 found the people so ignorant that they could not tell if their occupation had more of good than evil. Only one thing