LONDON JAN^Y 1^st 1841

THE YEAR 1840.

It has gone, taken its departure to return
no more forever. It has bourn its report to
heaven, wheth[er] it be good or bad, its secnes
will not again return upon the stage of action
to be presented to the eye of man. To the
reflecting mind it is evident, that no period of
the nineteenth centaury hath presented greater
& more important events to the world, & lade a
foundation for still greater things to follow in
quick succession than 1840. It is also equ
ally true in various ages of the world that
those subjects & things which have been in
reality of the greatest importance to the whole
world even subjects upon which the vary tempo-
ral existance & prosperity of the Nations of the
Earth hung, have been the most out of sight, the
last to attract the publick mind, & when discov-
erd, considerd of the least consequence, scorned
& ridiculed to the last by a thoughtless multitude
who like the ox going to the slaughter know not

LONDON JANY 1st 1841

THE YEAR 1840 It has gone, taken its departure to return no more forever. It has bourn its report to heaven, whether it be good or bad, its secnes will not again return upon the stage of action to be presented to the eye of man. To the reflecting mind it is evident, that no period of the nineteenth centaury hath presented greater & more important events to the world, & lade a foundation for still greater things to follow in quick succession than 1840. It is also equ ally true in various ages of the world that those subjects & things which have been in reality of the greatest importance to the whole world even Subjects upon which the vary temporal existance & prosperity of the Nations of the Earth hung, have been the most out of sight, the last to attract the Publick mind, & when discoverd, considerd of the least consequence, scorned & ridiculed to the last by a thoughtless multitude who like the ox going to the slaughter know not