CELEBRITIES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2134, 6 December 1890, Page 3

CELEBRITIES.

It has been » favourite subject with statisticians to point out tho d callings of man calculated to prejudice or favour longevity. Thua we finJ it repeatedly aaSJ'ted that brain work and unremitting intellectual labour necessarily abbreviate life, but this ia no' always borne oat by facts. If we take posts, we

find the immortnl bard of Avon called away at 46 in the fall development of his genuis. He died in the zenith of his fsim, coiißoious of the dawn "presaging a sunburst of posthumous fame." It is impossible to bring the language to a more exquisite degree of perfection then Shakespere did. In him we find its most rythmic genius, the aoutest intellect, the profoundeat imagination confined in one man, who tmly " held the mirror up to nature." In the famous lines of Dr Johnson : Each change of many oeloured life he drew, Exhausted world, and then imagined new; Exiatenoe saw him spurn her bonded And panting time toiled after him in yam.

Pope, whose unrivalled poetry has charmed succeeding generations, died aged 56. Byron, who will li»e as long as the creations of his genius are understood, attained the »ge of 73 ; while Rogers, the great author of " Our eternal destiny," died at the ripe npe of 83. Taming to German literature we find that the chill of death palsied the hand of the immortnl Schiller at the Bame premature age of 46, at which hia great English brother, Shakespeare, laid down his pen, both dying at the threshold of their goal, leaving some of their work* half finished. For dictien of language and width of Imagination Schiller stands unsurpassed. Of kirn may be truly said : He taught new lands to rise, new seas to roll, Called into being scenes unknown before,

1 And passing naturea's bonds, was something more. Geetbe, who, as a' dramatist, stands still higher than Schiller, and whose burst of genius is for ever portrayed in Faust, Egmont, Wilheim, Meisters Lehrjahre, and other works, lived to 83, Klopstook and Wielani, whose creations are full of nsigio solemnity, died in the deorepitnde ef age. An insight into French literature shows VoUaire, the nation's greatest satirist and poet, who in his works disolosos the lineaments cf his age, called away at the mature age of 84. Lamartine, the great historian, left this world aged 78 Calderon, a famous Spanish writer, died aged 87. Instancing men of science, we find Plato, the greatest of philosophers, attain the age of 82. William Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of the blood, died aged 79, his famous works but half completed. Among contemporaries we find the very Rev. P. Dunne, late Vioar-Ganeral of Albury, N.S. W., who is long past the noon of manhood, and though ailing for some time, is now, notwithstanding his advanced age, in excellent health. This he explains as follows :—" T have used some of Warner's safe cure while suffering from pains in the back and loins due to disorder of the

lifer and kidneys, and found prompt and complete relief." Mr. W. Adams, M.L.A., of Queensland, who has filled the mayoral chair of Bundaberg on three successive ocoasioA, though past the zenith of life, looks well and hearty, due, as he willingly nffirms, to the use of Warner's safe cure. The Hon. Geo. Thome, ex-premier of Queenlaod, graduated in medicine; he retired recently from politics, and resides in the prosperous town of Ipswich, founded by his father. Ever at heart the welfare of his fellow-beings, he says : " T hare recommended Warner's safe cure to many people whe have suffered from different complaints, ind in every case a oure hat been effeoted. Personally I have used the medicine and derived the greatest benefit from it." Mr B. H. J. Reeves, M.H.R., New Zealand, is of commanding presence, and an able and popular politician; he endorses the efficaoy of Warner's safe cure in exceptional terms of praise. The unanimous verdiot of these distinguished colonists in favour of this specifio is cenvinoing and incontestable proof that it is the surest safeguard to vigorous health, as well as the only means of attaining a joyous and greatly prolonged existence.