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Miscellaneous Papers by Andrew Jackson Howe

Miscellaneous Papers by Andrew Jackson Howe

Howe, Andrew Jackson

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ISBN10: 1150462159
ISBN13: 9781150462153
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.17 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1894 Excerpt: ... DE SENECTUTE. Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be;--The last of life, for which the first was made. Robert Browning, in Rabbi Ben Ezra, begins a philosophic poem as above. But the young will say that the writer is making virtue of necessity. The man at sixty, looking backward, sees what has gone, and never to be regained; and therefore tries to make the best of the situation, praising the remnant of existence, calling it the best. But, is not there a verity in the assertion that the first of life is necessary for the attainment of the last? If it were not for the fitful blaze of youthful corruscations, the embers of age would be the less enjoyable. While youth, in the acme of its ambition, is struggling to reach the zenith of blissful existence, age serenely views the contest, believing the attainment not worth the effort were it not for that which is to come! Cicero's essay on Old age--rfc senectute.--is the most philosophic and satisfactory of any of the great orator's productions. In an address to a friend he says: this work is so delightful that it has not only obliterated the annoyance of age, but has rendered existence more charming than it is possible for life to be in youth. Further along he says: to those who have no resources within themselves for living happily, every age is burdensome. Johnson, in Rambler, writes: He that would pass the latter part of his life with honor and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young. In youth he must lay up knowledge for his support, when his power of action shall forsake him; and in age forbear to animadvert with rigor on faults which experience only can correct. Spectator, contains the following words...

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