The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . . lxxxvii. Tradition.—Tradition suckles the young ages, who imbibe healthor disease, insight or ignorance, valor or pusillanimity,as the stream of life flows down, from urns of sobrietyor luxury, from times of wisdom or folly, honor orshame. . xcvii. Immortality.—It is because the soulis immortal that all her organs decease, and are againrenewed. Growth and decay, sepulture and resurrec-tion, tread fast on the heels of the other. Birth en-tombs death ; death encradles bir
The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . . lxxxvii. Tradition.—Tradition suckles the young ages, who imbibe healthor disease, insight or ignorance, valor or pusillanimity,as the stream of life flows down, from urns of sobrietyor luxury, from times of wisdom or folly, honor orshame. . xcvii. Immortality.—It is because the soulis immortal that all her organs decease, and are againrenewed. Growth and decay, sepulture and resurrec-tion, tread fast on the heels of the other. Birth en-tombs death ; death encradles birth. The incorruptibleis ever putting off corruption ; the immortal , indeed, is but the ashes of the departed soul ;and the body her urn. . c. Silence.—Silence is theinitiative to wisdom. Wit is silent, and justifies herchildren by their reverence of the voiceless oraclesof the breast. Inspiration is dumb, a listener to theoracles during her nonage ; suddenly she speaks, tomock the emptiness of all speech. Silence is the dialectof heaven ; the utterance of the gods.—Orphic LOUISA MAY ALCOTT.
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