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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1875
Page
4
Article notes a piece in Jose Rosas of Mexico translated by William C. Bryant. It discusses Mexican governance and historical perspectives with emphasis on leadership and national affairs. The tone suggests a curated literary or political essay from a 19th century context.
An anecdote about gold worship centers on Mr Monckton a miser who values wealth over food for family. His son Richard a gifted painter and Ernest a musical prodigy suffer under poverty until Ernest dies and Richard paints his portrait in a sleep dream. A fortune shifts after Ernest, inspiring a marble grave monument and a moral urging lay up treasures in heaven.
A sermon summarized contrasts Edgar Allan Poe’s genius with Alcohol as a consuming serpent. It traces his early ascent, the vice’s tightening coil, and eventual collapse, framing his life as a public tragedy of talent overwhelmed by drink. The piece ends noting Theodore Tilton’s Cincinnati lecture on “The Problem of Life.”
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