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 Ay, while in the dark sit we, Tom seems to call from the dead— "She's coming! she's coming!" says he; "Courage, boys! wait and see! Freedom's ahead!"

Lines

((See page 217)

"Have you ever made a just man?" "Oh, I have made three," answered God, "But two of them are dead, And the third—  Listen! listen,  And you will hear the thud of his defeat"

The Memoirs of Li Hung Chang

(See page 196)

A poor man is ever at a disadvantage in matters of public concern. When he rises to speak, or writes a letter to his superiors, they ask: Who is this fellow that offers advice? And when it is known that he is without coin they spit their hands at him, and use his letters in the cooks' fires. But if it be a man of wealth who would speak, or write, or denounce, even though he have the brain of a yearling dromedary, or a spine as crooked and unseemly, the whole city listens to his words and declares them wise.