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One of a large family of plants, mostly aquatic plants. 
Hope and Confidence in Heaven. 
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: 
Man never is, but always to be, blest: 
The soul uneasy, and confined from Home , 
Rests and expatiates in a Life to Come!” 
— Pope. 
S HEM the devil asked permission to persecute Job, God, wishing to 
show forth the faith of His servant, whilst forbidding the evil spirit 
to touch Job’s life, gave the permission; and that holy man, who in one day 
lost his children and his goods, seeing himself deserted and despised by his 
friends , found courage, in reflecting on the dissolution of his body, to sing 
the glory of its resurrection. Whence came to him this confidence , in 
which he persevered, notwithstanding so many misfortunes ? Erom Hope. 
Yes; Hope! it is it that sustains life; Hope is the support of the 
exile, and the consolation of the poor. 
“Auspicious Hope! in thy sweet garden grow 
Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe.” 
— Campbell. 
Yet, does it not seem sometimes to mislead the confidence of man ? 
When does it realize its promises ? Alas! where are they whom it has not 
seduced? Have we not ourselves been often disappointed in our expec¬ 
tations ? 
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