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September 23, 1865
Keowee Courier
Walhalla, Pickens, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina
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An editorial expresses skepticism about the Millennium's imminence despite hard times, quoting the North British Review on cosmic phenomena like meteors, comets, and erupting moons as foreshadows of the world's impending doom, urging humility and wisdom.
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The Doom of the World
We are well satisfied that the last five years have been 'so hard to travel;' nevertheless, we cannot quite agree with some of our friends, that the Millennium is close at hand. Others, outside of America, it seems think differently. Hear what the 'North British Review,' discoursing on the doom of the world, says:
'What this change is we dare not even conjecture; but we see in the heavens themselves some traces of destructive elements and no indications of their annihilative power. The fragments of broken planets, the descent of meteoric stones upon our globe, the whirling comets wielding their loose material at the solar surface, the volcanic eruptions in our own satellite, the appearance of new stars, and the disappearance of others, are all foreshadows of that impending convulsion to which the world is doomed. Thus placed on a planet which is to be burnt up, and under heavens which are to pass away; thus residing, as it were, on the cemeteries and dwelling upon mausoleums of former worlds, let us learn the lessons of humility and wisdom, if we have not already been taught in the school of revolution.'
We are well satisfied that the last five years have been 'so hard to travel;' nevertheless, we cannot quite agree with some of our friends, that the Millennium is close at hand. Others, outside of America, it seems think differently. Hear what the 'North British Review,' discoursing on the doom of the world, says:
'What this change is we dare not even conjecture; but we see in the heavens themselves some traces of destructive elements and no indications of their annihilative power. The fragments of broken planets, the descent of meteoric stones upon our globe, the whirling comets wielding their loose material at the solar surface, the volcanic eruptions in our own satellite, the appearance of new stars, and the disappearance of others, are all foreshadows of that impending convulsion to which the world is doomed. Thus placed on a planet which is to be burnt up, and under heavens which are to pass away; thus residing, as it were, on the cemeteries and dwelling upon mausoleums of former worlds, let us learn the lessons of humility and wisdom, if we have not already been taught in the school of revolution.'
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Fate Providence
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
World Doom
Cosmic Phenomena
Meteors
Comets
Apocalypse
Millennium
Humility
Where did it happen?
The Heavens And Earth
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The Heavens And Earth
Story Details
Editorial quotes North British Review on astronomical signs like broken planets, meteors, comets, lunar volcanoes, and changing stars as portents of the world's doom, advocating humility amid cosmic impermanence.