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designs of Providence for man, in subduing, ferti- 

 lizing, and beautifying the spot of earth on which 

 his lot is cast. You would ask why for thousands of 

 years we have crowned the Warrior with Laurels, the 

 Poet with Ivy, the Citizen with mural crowns, and 

 the Husbandman with nothing. You would ask why 

 his achievements are without record and his name 

 without honour; and his only reward that which is 

 to be found in the words of the stern satirist : 

 "Laudatur, et alget!" 



" Eheu ! quantus equis, quantus erat sudor 

 Viris!" 



