They are in the state of the young Persians, when "that mighty Yezdam
prophet" addressed them and said, "Behold the signs of evil days are
come; there is now no longer any right course of action, nor any
self-devotion left among the Iranis." As soon as they have arrived at
this term, there are no employments to satisfy them, they are
educated above the work of their times and country, and disdain it.
Many of the more acute minds pass into a lofty criticism of these
things, which only embitters their sensibility to the evil, and
widens the feeling of hostility between them and the citizens at
large. From this cause, companies of the best educated young men in
the Atlantic states every week take their departure for Europe; for
no business that they have in that country, but simply because they
shall so be hid from the reproachful eyes of their countrymen, and
agreeably entertained for one or two years, with some lurking hope,
no doubt, that something may turn up to give them a decided
direction. It is easy to see that this is only a postponement of
their proper work, with the additional disadvantage of a two years'
vacation.
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