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Reflections On The Commencement Of The Year M,Dcc,Xcviii.
REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR M , DCC , XCVIII .
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY
FOR JANUARY , 1798 .
Procrastination is the thief of time : Year after year it steals till alkire fled , And to the mercies of a moment leave The vast concerns of an eternal scene . YOUNG .
THE progress of time is an interesting subject of contemplation and enquiry , and the artificial division of it into particular periods , is admirably adapted to call men from the hurry or pleasure of liie , to indulge , for a season at least , in thoughtful observation . The expiration of an old year is a circumstance that cannot but excite serious consideration in every man that has any regard for his temporal or
future interests . The vanity of human life , at this season , strikes him with peculiar force . He contemplates the scenes that are passed , as the passenger in a swift-sailing vessel , bound for a far-distant port , views the dear and fleeting objects that recede from his observation . The wellknown situations and persons whom fate compels him to leave behind , contrasted with the that
become more interesting when uncertainty yet awaits him . He looks forward with an anxious eye to new engagements and new connections , which , in all probability , will prove painful in the pursuit , and may be injurious in the issue . To such a person this period , therefore , will always present considerations of a sombrous aspect . Neither is it unfitting that it should do so ; when
• we reflect that one more of the eventful years of the age of the world arid of man is gone ; that one more year is added to the history of human imperfection and folly , and that we are now stepping upon the threshold of another . It may be , that to the person thus employed a thought will be suggested —/ This year thou shalt die . ' This will naturally arise from reflecting , that among the numbers who entered on the preceding year , many were as juvenile and as vigorous as him-
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Reflections On The Commencement Of The Year M,Dcc,Xcviii.
REFLECTIONS ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR M , DCC , XCVIII .
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY
FOR JANUARY , 1798 .
Procrastination is the thief of time : Year after year it steals till alkire fled , And to the mercies of a moment leave The vast concerns of an eternal scene . YOUNG .
THE progress of time is an interesting subject of contemplation and enquiry , and the artificial division of it into particular periods , is admirably adapted to call men from the hurry or pleasure of liie , to indulge , for a season at least , in thoughtful observation . The expiration of an old year is a circumstance that cannot but excite serious consideration in every man that has any regard for his temporal or
future interests . The vanity of human life , at this season , strikes him with peculiar force . He contemplates the scenes that are passed , as the passenger in a swift-sailing vessel , bound for a far-distant port , views the dear and fleeting objects that recede from his observation . The wellknown situations and persons whom fate compels him to leave behind , contrasted with the that
become more interesting when uncertainty yet awaits him . He looks forward with an anxious eye to new engagements and new connections , which , in all probability , will prove painful in the pursuit , and may be injurious in the issue . To such a person this period , therefore , will always present considerations of a sombrous aspect . Neither is it unfitting that it should do so ; when
• we reflect that one more of the eventful years of the age of the world arid of man is gone ; that one more year is added to the history of human imperfection and folly , and that we are now stepping upon the threshold of another . It may be , that to the person thus employed a thought will be suggested —/ This year thou shalt die . ' This will naturally arise from reflecting , that among the numbers who entered on the preceding year , many were as juvenile and as vigorous as him-