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The Happy World. A Vision.
fortunate persons became , as it were , transparent ; while each read in his brother ' s heart the sentiments of affability and tenderness , with which himself was affected . -....-There darted from the leaves of all the shrubs that this planet en-, lightened , a luminous matter which resembled , at a distance , all the colours of the rainbow ; its orb , which never was eclipsed , was crowned with that the
sparkling rays daring prism of Newton could not divide . When this planet set , six brilliant moons floated in the . atmosphere ; their progression in different orbits , each night formed a new exhibition . The multitude of stars , which seem to us as if scattered by chance , we . re here seen in their true point of view , and the order of the universe appeared in all its pomp and splendour . In this happy countrywhen
, a man gave way to sleep , his body , which had none of the properties of terrestrial elements , gave no opposition to the soul , but contemplated in a vision , bordering on reality , the lucid region , the throne of the Eternal , to which it was soon to be elevated . Men awaked from a light slumber without perturbation or uneasiness ; enjoying futurity , by a forcible sentiment of immortality , being intoxicated with the image of an aoproachins
feiicity , exceeding- that which they already enjoyed . Grief , the fatal result of the imperfect sensibility of our rude frames ' , was unknown to these innocent men ; alight sensation warned them of the objects that could hurt them , and nature removed them from the danger , as a tender mother would gently draw her child by the hand from a pitfal . J I breathed more freelin this habitation of and concord
y joy - my existence became most valuable to me : but in proportion as the charms which surrounded me were lively , the greater was my sorrow when my ideas returned to the globe I had quitted . All the calamities of the human race united as in one point to overwhelm my heart and I exclaimed piteously , — - ' - Alas 1 the world I inhabited formerly resembled : but innocencechaste
yours peace , , pleasures , soon vanished . —Why was I not born among you ? What a contrast ! The earth that was my sorrowful abode is incessantl y filled with tears and sighs : there the smaller number oppress the greater ; the Daemon of property infects what he touches , ancl what he covets . Gold is there a god , and they sacrifice on his altar , love , humanity , and the most valuable virtues .
We are moreover dependent on the seasons , the elements , and the meanest insects : all nature rebels against tis ; and even if we subdue ier , she makes us pay dearly for the benefits our labour forces from her . The bread we eat is earned by our tears and the sweat of our brow . ; then greedy men come and plunder us , to squander it on their idle favourites . Weep with me brethren ! hatred
, weep , my pursues us ; revenue sharpens its poniard in the dark ; calumny brands us , and even deprives-us of the power of making our defence ; the object , of friendship betrays our confidence , ancl forces us to curse this otherwise consolatory sentiment . We must live in the midst of all the strokes of wickedness , error , pride , md folly . ' ' Ggz - .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Happy World. A Vision.
fortunate persons became , as it were , transparent ; while each read in his brother ' s heart the sentiments of affability and tenderness , with which himself was affected . -....-There darted from the leaves of all the shrubs that this planet en-, lightened , a luminous matter which resembled , at a distance , all the colours of the rainbow ; its orb , which never was eclipsed , was crowned with that the
sparkling rays daring prism of Newton could not divide . When this planet set , six brilliant moons floated in the . atmosphere ; their progression in different orbits , each night formed a new exhibition . The multitude of stars , which seem to us as if scattered by chance , we . re here seen in their true point of view , and the order of the universe appeared in all its pomp and splendour . In this happy countrywhen
, a man gave way to sleep , his body , which had none of the properties of terrestrial elements , gave no opposition to the soul , but contemplated in a vision , bordering on reality , the lucid region , the throne of the Eternal , to which it was soon to be elevated . Men awaked from a light slumber without perturbation or uneasiness ; enjoying futurity , by a forcible sentiment of immortality , being intoxicated with the image of an aoproachins
feiicity , exceeding- that which they already enjoyed . Grief , the fatal result of the imperfect sensibility of our rude frames ' , was unknown to these innocent men ; alight sensation warned them of the objects that could hurt them , and nature removed them from the danger , as a tender mother would gently draw her child by the hand from a pitfal . J I breathed more freelin this habitation of and concord
y joy - my existence became most valuable to me : but in proportion as the charms which surrounded me were lively , the greater was my sorrow when my ideas returned to the globe I had quitted . All the calamities of the human race united as in one point to overwhelm my heart and I exclaimed piteously , — - ' - Alas 1 the world I inhabited formerly resembled : but innocencechaste
yours peace , , pleasures , soon vanished . —Why was I not born among you ? What a contrast ! The earth that was my sorrowful abode is incessantl y filled with tears and sighs : there the smaller number oppress the greater ; the Daemon of property infects what he touches , ancl what he covets . Gold is there a god , and they sacrifice on his altar , love , humanity , and the most valuable virtues .
We are moreover dependent on the seasons , the elements , and the meanest insects : all nature rebels against tis ; and even if we subdue ier , she makes us pay dearly for the benefits our labour forces from her . The bread we eat is earned by our tears and the sweat of our brow . ; then greedy men come and plunder us , to squander it on their idle favourites . Weep with me brethren ! hatred
, weep , my pursues us ; revenue sharpens its poniard in the dark ; calumny brands us , and even deprives-us of the power of making our defence ; the object , of friendship betrays our confidence , ancl forces us to curse this otherwise consolatory sentiment . We must live in the midst of all the strokes of wickedness , error , pride , md folly . ' ' Ggz - .