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Show 1~2 •rm: LIBJ::R'TY l.ll';r.r •• ·ds imlcpcndcntly, on the 1' aftcrwnt an(l to run Hlll • . l t had Uccn done Lim he i11justtce l H1 strength of t It seems as if on the . . us defeat. . . in thOir ludlCro . t' on of this nmbthon arch tho dc:>.pCl a I Seventh of llf< d 1 0~ nature, nml ll10 d the mo esy 'J ctnitc overstcppe . 1 t for power threw off d O'QTllCSS of lns US infatuate 03o d' 1 cy 1 know that d' "ty of 'P oma . even tho sham tgm l . h politicians in this . h nest speech, w uc the dts o d I sly cultivatccl, always re- }vc soscuou . f country m. ffi 0 as tho victims o n obnoxious to o lC • gurds the me . d Naturally all 'timl of thei1' Jnen s. the importum 'on for retirement; have n passt our great men d' nn<.l hold office, for lly ready to IC, ' they arc cqua ' . ·l tlom to tho calls of and thctr m~u yr their country' • ld of statesmen, and stuck I th'nncd the wor duty ms 1 Let this go into the 'tl nonumcnts. the land Wl 1 1 • 1 flash biogrn· . d newspaper artwlcs, all( oulogiOs, an lla and tho heirs and plu. cs, an d let the Jew Ap. e ' b" f 'th bcJiC\'C Jt. assigns of lS al 11 1 his minor morals I care Of what may be ca cc . o. olas.., of vices l. larl)' to spenlc There JS , not par leu W.JmSTlm. 133 even, which do not necessarily defile the man. Sometimes, though rarely, the noble spirit compensating for gifts of genius, by an excess of sensualism, maintains, even in its slavery to passion, a dignity, that: at intervals of intellectual serenity, asserts a higher birthright and a better destiny. But if, when age, bringing maturer thoughts, and an indumted will comes to the assistance of the soul, she does not set her house in order, and subject to their place tho turbulent passions of youth, the suspicion survives, that tho sensuality, instead of being an infirmity of the flesh, is o. native and permanent taint of the spirit. But it is the intellectual, tho spiritual sin, that is the index to the character and type of its quality. The organized church, however, hesitates longest, and scan.s closest these defects of tho outer life, and perhaps it can apply no better test. Since it iB understood that Wcbstor passed tbnt ordeal, gravest questions of this character must be considerod as settled for many minda. The straight 12 |