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Shall lift the axe of vengeance ; when nor clime 

 Nor creed shall sever ; nor ambition mock 

 That holy, moderate, essential toil 

 For nourishment, for health in due degree 

 To all apportioned ; when united mind — 

 One Family of Love — one will-^one wish 

 To be and to make happy, shall the earth, 

 Midst meet vicissitude, most pleasant change, 

 Pervade, encircle, as the ambient air. 

 Bland, universal, vital, and benign ('). 



(') The author cannot resist the temptation which half a 

 page offers him to observe, in conclusion, on this interesting 

 subject, that the possibility of all mankind living in mutual har- 

 mony is not perhaps so difficult, nor the period so remote in 

 which it may be accomplished as, to ordinary apprehension, it 

 usually appears. If it be possible to train not only cats and 

 tnicef but owls, hawks, pigeons, and many other birds, and an 

 et ccetera of other animated beings, to live together in mutual 

 harmony, without disturbing one another in their various en- 

 joyments; and, that it is possible, a large cage containing the 

 living evidences of such possibility is often to be seen on some 

 of the bridges of the metropolis, accompanied by the ingenious 

 owner and trainer of the animals; surely, if this be possible, 

 Man, the most intelligent of animated beings, may be ultimately 

 brought to perceive that his true interest, his best happiness, 

 lies in offices of benevolence and mutual goodwill— whatever 

 his clime, whatever his creed. The name of the owner of the 

 animals above mentioned is John Austin, and he resides 

 near the Coburg Theatre : he deserves honourable mention. 



