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Parted.
First learn to respect , and then to defend him , If Avorthy of fealty , true to the core ; Let no one have power , not the mother who bore him , To break plighted troth to him evermore . Choose well , then be stedfast , resist all endeavour
To separate you from the man Avhom you love ; Have faith in him always , let naught dissever ; Believe in the poAver which reigneth above .
Whenever tho bells are merril y ringing , I think of the days Avhen a dear wedded Avife Was coming so surely , joyously singing , To take her place by me;—alas , came the strife . A shadow of mystery saddened our story ,
Long days of unrest and nights full of gloom ; A treacherous deed from life took the glory , And carried my sweet bride Avith grief to the tomb . Fowey , Cornwall .
The Map Of Europe In 1879.
THE MAP OF EUROPE IN 1879 .
BY PTOLEMY PHILADELPHOS . I VENTURED in Bro . Kenning ' s admirable Christinas number of 1 S 77 to give my opinion on the map of Europe as it presented itself to my "optic nerve , " or nervous optics , Avhichever you like ; ancl Avith the same fraternal permission , and uncle !'
the same gay ancl genial auspices , I repeat my little " cleliA erance" at Christmas , 1878 ! ' A year ago , I ventured to speak of the probabilities of the future . Now thosoprobabilities have become realities—events , which nothing can affect , and no one can gainsay . No more momentous treaty ever Avas signed than the Berlin Treaty , in the history of nations , inasmuch as it begins to deal Avith that " Crux" for all Europe ancl ad diplomatists , the " Eastern Question . " It may be remembered by some of my . readers that a year ago I sketched out geographically a settlement of the Oriental Embroglio , Avhich Avas characterized by two leading points—diminution of the maimed
lurkish power , ancl Avatching of the great and growing Russian Empire . Such tooseems to be the leading idea of the Berlin Treaty , ancl such no doubt are , hi my opinion ,, both the essence of the Avhole question and the actual necessity of the case . Though the result has not been achieved in the same manner I ventured to sketch out , " currente calamo , " yet it has been brought about almost identically , if in another Avay . Great Britain AA atehes over the reformed , if diminished , " Ottoman Porte , " and is there to " surveiller" the progress and proceedings of the Russian Empire .
That fact I regarded , Avith no special concern for one side or other in the struggle , as theinevitable outcome of diplomatic aeuteness , the Nemesis of outraged humanity ! I still am of opinion that my idea of a resuscitated Poland A \ 'ould have but met the actual needs of Europe , ancl advanced most truly the best interests of the East . It AVOUIII have been a guarantee for the peace of the world , and the tranquil progress of nations ... I thought so then—I think so still . And I will tell my readers why .
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Parted.
First learn to respect , and then to defend him , If Avorthy of fealty , true to the core ; Let no one have power , not the mother who bore him , To break plighted troth to him evermore . Choose well , then be stedfast , resist all endeavour
To separate you from the man Avhom you love ; Have faith in him always , let naught dissever ; Believe in the poAver which reigneth above .
Whenever tho bells are merril y ringing , I think of the days Avhen a dear wedded Avife Was coming so surely , joyously singing , To take her place by me;—alas , came the strife . A shadow of mystery saddened our story ,
Long days of unrest and nights full of gloom ; A treacherous deed from life took the glory , And carried my sweet bride Avith grief to the tomb . Fowey , Cornwall .
The Map Of Europe In 1879.
THE MAP OF EUROPE IN 1879 .
BY PTOLEMY PHILADELPHOS . I VENTURED in Bro . Kenning ' s admirable Christinas number of 1 S 77 to give my opinion on the map of Europe as it presented itself to my "optic nerve , " or nervous optics , Avhichever you like ; ancl Avith the same fraternal permission , and uncle !'
the same gay ancl genial auspices , I repeat my little " cleliA erance" at Christmas , 1878 ! ' A year ago , I ventured to speak of the probabilities of the future . Now thosoprobabilities have become realities—events , which nothing can affect , and no one can gainsay . No more momentous treaty ever Avas signed than the Berlin Treaty , in the history of nations , inasmuch as it begins to deal Avith that " Crux" for all Europe ancl ad diplomatists , the " Eastern Question . " It may be remembered by some of my . readers that a year ago I sketched out geographically a settlement of the Oriental Embroglio , Avhich Avas characterized by two leading points—diminution of the maimed
lurkish power , ancl Avatching of the great and growing Russian Empire . Such tooseems to be the leading idea of the Berlin Treaty , ancl such no doubt are , hi my opinion ,, both the essence of the Avhole question and the actual necessity of the case . Though the result has not been achieved in the same manner I ventured to sketch out , " currente calamo , " yet it has been brought about almost identically , if in another Avay . Great Britain AA atehes over the reformed , if diminished , " Ottoman Porte , " and is there to " surveiller" the progress and proceedings of the Russian Empire .
That fact I regarded , Avith no special concern for one side or other in the struggle , as theinevitable outcome of diplomatic aeuteness , the Nemesis of outraged humanity ! I still am of opinion that my idea of a resuscitated Poland A \ 'ould have but met the actual needs of Europe , ancl advanced most truly the best interests of the East . It AVOUIII have been a guarantee for the peace of the world , and the tranquil progress of nations ... I thought so then—I think so still . And I will tell my readers why .