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who died in the arms of victory, and we may 
grieve to think, that he, who sowed the seed, 
did not live to reap the harvest of glory; or 
it may have been raised over some faithful 
pair,—a sad memorial, that love, however fas- 
cinating, may be clouded by sorrow, and 
be fatal in its termination. It may re- 
mind us that the efforts of patriotism have 
not always been successful, that piety and 
virtue have sometimes been rewarded with 
martyrdom, and philosophy with persecution ; 
that beauty has withered in its prime, and 
power been blasted in its might: but the 
emotions thus excited being pure and disin- 
terested, and the feelings awakened, kindly 
and sympathetic, they will ever be found to 
partake more of pleasure than of pain, 
The rudest and most ancient monuments 
of former times, we regard with feelings not 
far removed from that superstitious awe, so 
common among the vulgar; or we amuse 
ourselves with fruitless speculations as to 
their origin and use: some are interesting 
because they furnish an insight, however 
faint, into the manners, religion, arts, wealth, 
and state of civilization, of nations now no 
more, and of people, whose very names are 
forgotten. Others again delight us, not 
only from the light they throw on the state of 
