36. Yet he passed away. Tree and man both gone,
the son of man as surely as the child of the forest. What clean sweeps death
makes! And, lo, he was not. To the surprise of all, the great man was
gone, his estates sold, his business bankrupt, his house alienated, his name
forgotten, and all in a few months! Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. If we inquire for the ungodly, they have left no trace; like birds
of ill omen, none desire to remember them. Some of the humblest of the ungodly
are immortalized, their names are imperishably fragrant in the church, while of
the ablest of unbelievers and blasphemers hardly their names are remembered
beyond a few years. Only virtue is immortal.
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