1~8 THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 
“ One of your poets was fully aware 
of the error committed, when he 
made his hero apostrophize as fol¬ 
lows : 
“ Ye gods, annihilate both Time and Space, 
And make two lovers happy ! ” 
Alas ! the poor fellow demanded what 
would occasionally be extremely con¬ 
venient, but what even the gods of 
that time could not well accomplish. 
As, then, we cannot get rid of these 
first principles, the wisest point to be 
ascei tamed is, whether we cannot, 
even under such disadvantages, to a 
certain degree, obtain security. IIow 
many fracas between married couples 
have been created by the uncertainty 
of communication, and a trifling mis- 
