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(1888) [MARC] Author: Albert Alberg
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212 The Floral King.

**T have been made Doctor, Professor, Archiater,
Knight, and Nobleman.

**T have’f{been allowed to see more of the wonders
of Creation, in which I have found my greatest
delight, more than any mortal that has lived
before me.

‘*I have had my apostles sent to all parts of the
world. I have written more than anyone, who is
now alive: seventy-two books of my own hand are
ranged on my desk.

‘‘T have now a great name, even as far as the
Indies, and have been acknowledged as the greatest
man in my science.

“ T have become a member of most societies; of
Upsala, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna,
London, Montpellier, Tolosa, Florenz, and now
recently of Paris, with salary among the eight
famous men in the world.

“But when a tree has reached its height, it must
fall, for quidquid ad apicem pervenit, at exitum properat,

“‘T have now for the last year observed how age
hastens on, for: ‘In the day when the keepers of
the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall

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