Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . H 1A(3C C i os r:. T is natural tosome minds, wewould almost be-lieve, to lookwith horror onthe face that canwear a smile,or to shudder atd of a hearty laugh,hope that the tor-enduring Christmashave not driven any such tothe extremity of renouncingmankind for ever, and all as-sociation with laughing bi-peds. It is related of twoancient worthies, who flou-rished, we know not how manycenturies ago, that one passedhis life in smiles and the otherin tears. One laughed con-tinually at th
Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . H 1A(3C C i os r:. T is natural tosome minds, wewould almost be-lieve, to lookwith horror onthe face that canwear a smile,or to shudder atd of a hearty laugh,hope that the tor-enduring Christmashave not driven any such tothe extremity of renouncingmankind for ever, and all as-sociation with laughing bi-peds. It is related of twoancient worthies, who flou-rished, we know not how manycenturies ago, that one passedhis life in smiles and the otherin tears. One laughed con-tinually at the follies of his race, the otherwept for them, as though their follies werecrimes. That was the spectator of a continualcomedy, this an actor in a tragedy without of these had his followers; perhaps somemay be living at this hour, or else we can scarcelyaccount for the fact that the harmless enjoyments ofsome of the human species can cause sighs and sor-rows in others of the same great family. Not onlywill a season of festivity plant thorns in the morbidbosoms of such men, but the trifles which becomethe amusement of
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