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14 Mar 1850
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Newspaper
Massachusetts Cambridge Chronicle
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1850
Page
1
Single copies four cents. Advertisements inserted on very favorable terms.
A narrative recounts James Hornby’s return to Pool after years of ruin driven by a scorched memory of Elizabeth Gainsford. Hornby’s scheme to ruin Henry Burton collapses when Burton’s forged note is exposed, leading to a Yorkshire courtroom drama and Hornby’s eventual death and penitence. Mary M Grath testifies, Burton is acquitted, and Hornby perishes at the Brunswick theatre.
A meditation on infinity using thought experiments such as a drop of the ocean drying over vast ages, a sand grain vanishing one by one, and an imperceptible insect transporting the world to distant stars. It ponders how eternity begins only after unimaginable spans and ends with questions about when the forest would be borne away.
The excerpt argues that progress in poetry and science stems from patient, persistent labor rather than sudden inspiration. It cites Demosthenes, Newton, and the Principia to illustrate steady effort elevating minds from humble beginnings to monumental works, challenging the idea that genius alone achieves greatness.
Fragment from a 19th century periodical collecting sermons and maxims. It quotes Dr Sharp on usefulness and gratitude at death, William Jay on bigotry and brotherhood, Jeremy Levis on reading novels, a quip about stomach health, and a meditation on a Christian death, ending with a grim line about a man who degrades himself by smoking.
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