. Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. ^^^^47. Birthplace of General Grant. GENERAL U. S. GRANT. How sudden are the blows of fate ! What change, what revokitionin the state of glory ! To-day we walk with head erect, level-frontingeyes, and haughty mien ; to-morrow, by some untoward chance strippedof our panoplied pride, we find there are none so poor as to do us rev-erence. The poet of poets has written eloquently of adversity, claim-ing that its usages were sweet, and that like the ugly and venomoustoad, which wears a jewel on its head, out of it
. Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany. ^^^^47. Birthplace of General Grant. GENERAL U. S. GRANT. How sudden are the blows of fate ! What change, what revokitionin the state of glory ! To-day we walk with head erect, level-frontingeyes, and haughty mien ; to-morrow, by some untoward chance strippedof our panoplied pride, we find there are none so poor as to do us rev-erence. The poet of poets has written eloquently of adversity, claim-ing that its usages were sweet, and that like the ugly and venomoustoad, which wears a jewel on its head, out of its multiplicity of evilsand ugliness it teaches us to find good in everything. For my ownpart I am ready to aver that although to paint the lily and gild refinedgolS may be a figure of speech which it is the province of a poet toutter in this eminently prosaic age, it is scarcely calculated to make thehungry hunger less, or those who are cold to cease repining and shiv-ering together. A great many of the strange stories and superstitions extant centur-ies ago have long since been rifled of
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