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MOTHS AS IDLERS. 



" |i;iiutrd populace 



That live in fields, and lead ambrosial lives." 



\VHEN a man, having wove himself a robe of dignity, built 

 himself a tower of fame, or worked himself into a mine of 

 riches, is able to throw aside his tools, and put on his holiday 

 attire, then good bye (usually) to the interest, curiosity, and 

 sympathy with which we may have been following his laborious 

 career. ATe may look up with admiration, but we tire of 

 looking up very long, at an object of any description which 

 stands still at its culminating point, which has reached its 



