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contemplated. How it soared and glittered in thesun, intercepting its beams and overshadowing thenations! Great as was the admiration which thisbubble excited in the minds of some; there werethose who regarded the mighty phenomenon asdestined to burst, and to have its fragments scat-tered ; but who would have imagined that theperspective of time would have exhibited such anending,—of one, too, who compassed the earthin his mind's grasp,—confined to a little island,playing the mock emperor, and vapouring at des-tiny only to be released by the hand of Death!Here let the sons of " vaulting ambition" pause,contemplate the mighty bubble, and then pursuetheir projects " with what appetite they may."

Proteus,