Salad for the solitary and the social: . LAST WOEDS OF THE ILLUSTKIOITS. The last utterances of illustrious personages possess for tlieliving, an enduring and peculiar interest, derived raainly fromthe controlling influence they once exerted in social, religious,literary, artistic, or political life. Yet, as Pliny justly remarks,the sayings and actions of the most celebrated have not alwaysbeen the most worthy of admiration. How many among theunostentatiously great have passed away without the loudclarion of fame to glorify their virtues ; and how many more,scarc,ely less worthy pass away, und
Salad for the solitary and the social: . LAST WOEDS OF THE ILLUSTKIOITS. The last utterances of illustrious personages possess for tlieliving, an enduring and peculiar interest, derived raainly fromthe controlling influence they once exerted in social, religious,literary, artistic, or political life. Yet, as Pliny justly remarks,the sayings and actions of the most celebrated have not alwaysbeen the most worthy of admiration. How many among theunostentatiously great have passed away without the loudclarion of fame to glorify their virtues ; and how many more,scarc,ely less worthy pass away, under eclipse, from the obscur-ing or distorting influence of envy, bigotry, or detraction !And yet again, what a goodly number of those who havesought to obtain, not the laurel crown of earthly fame, but thatcrown that fadeth not away—the crown of life! Theirrecord is that of the patience of hope, and the victory offaith. 190 LAST WOEDS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS. The chamber where the good man meets his fateIs privileged beyond the common walk
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