[5] Lubbock. _The Senses of Animals_.
[6] Tennyson.
[7] Swinburne.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE DESTINY OF MAN.
"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."--ROMANS
viii. 18.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE DESTINY OF MAN.
But though we have thus a sure and certain hope of progress for the race,
still, as far as man is individually concerned, with advancing years we
gradually care less and less, for many things which gave us the greatest
pleasure in youth. On the other hand, if our time has been well used, if
we have warmed both hands wisely "before the fire of life," we may gain
even more than we lose. If our strength becomes less, we feel also the
less necessity for exertion. Hope is gradually replaced by memory: and
whether this adds to our happiness or not depends on what our life has
been.
There are of course some lives which diminish in value as old age
advances, in which one pleasure fades after another, and even those which
remain gradually lose their zest; but there are others which gain in
richness and peace all, and more, than that of which time robs them.
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