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Literary
December 24, 1788
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Metaphorical prose allegory portraying life as a sea voyage, where human prudence navigates cycles of fortune: from indigence through vigilance and economy to riches, then pride and luxury leading back to poverty via idleness.
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REVOLUTIONS OF LIFE.
THE world is like a vast sea, mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom. Our prudence is its sails, the senses serve us for oars, good or bad fortune are favorable or contrary winds, and judgment is the rudder, without this last the vessel is tossed by every billow, and will find shipwreck in every breeze. In a word, obscurity and indigence are the parents of vigilance and economy; vigilance and economy, of riches and honor; riches and honor, of pride and luxury; pride and luxury, of impurity and idleness; and impurity and idleness again produce indigence and obscurity. Such are the revolutions of life.
THE world is like a vast sea, mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom. Our prudence is its sails, the senses serve us for oars, good or bad fortune are favorable or contrary winds, and judgment is the rudder, without this last the vessel is tossed by every billow, and will find shipwreck in every breeze. In a word, obscurity and indigence are the parents of vigilance and economy; vigilance and economy, of riches and honor; riches and honor, of pride and luxury; pride and luxury, of impurity and idleness; and impurity and idleness again produce indigence and obscurity. Such are the revolutions of life.
What sub-type of article is it?
Allegory
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Life Revolutions
Moral Cycle
Fortune Metaphor
Virtue Vice
Economic Prudence
Literary Details
Title
Revolutions Of Life.
Key Lines
The World Is Like A Vast Sea, Mankind Like A Vessel Sailing On Its Tempestuous Bosom.
In A Word, Obscurity And Indigence Are The Parents Of Vigilance And Economy; Vigilance And Economy, Of Riches And Honor; Riches And Honor, Of Pride And Luxury; Pride And Luxury, Of Impurity And Idleness; And Impurity And Idleness Again Produce Indigence And Obscurity.