. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . u stay upuntil twelve oclock to see the wonder in the heavens, and you are so thrilledwith the scene—if you have any soul in you—that you must talk it over untilone or two oclock in the morning, and at that hour it is as bright as twelveoclock at noon in Washington or in New York, and why should you seek yourpillow at all? Nothing but force of resolution, and a rehearsal of sanitary law,and an extemporaneous discourse on the uses of sleep can send you to your state-room, and, reaching it, you find the place flooded with light and
. T. DeWitt Talmage : his life and work : biographical edition . u stay upuntil twelve oclock to see the wonder in the heavens, and you are so thrilledwith the scene—if you have any soul in you—that you must talk it over untilone or two oclock in the morning, and at that hour it is as bright as twelveoclock at noon in Washington or in New York, and why should you seek yourpillow at all? Nothing but force of resolution, and a rehearsal of sanitary law,and an extemporaneous discourse on the uses of sleep can send you to your state-room, and, reaching it, you find the place flooded with light and all the sceneproposing activity instead of somnolence. The result is that many people comedown from the North Cape nervous wrecks. They have acquired an insomniawhich only weeks of regular habits can extirpate. With what joy we welcomedthe night after we had come down into lower latitudes! Oh, the practical usesof the night! Shadows as important as the sunshine. Midnight as useful asthe midmoon. We may say of the polar seas which we visited as it was said. THE PARLIAMENT HOUSES AT BUDAPEST 300 T. DE WITT TALMAGE—HIS LIFE AND WORK of a much better place, There is no night there. But in the one case it wasdescriptive of a perpetual joy, for there is in that land no fatigue to be solaced,but in the other case it is descriptive of a disquietude, because we must havehours shaded for rest. Yet these polar regions have as many seasons of darkness as seasons oflight. From the 23d of September until the 22(1 of March it is continuousnight. The inhabitants long for the morning. Lanterns and candles below,moon and stars above are the only alleviations. Think of it! midnight throughall of October, all of November, all of December, all of January, all of Febru-ary, and most of March. I wonder if the roosters know when to crow, thesleepers when to rise. I wonder if imbecility and unhealth of all sorts are notthe result. Thank God, all ye who live in latitudes where the days and nights
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