THE IMMORTALITY OF GREATNESS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1724, 13 May 1862, Page 5

THE IMMORTALITY OF GREATNESS.

HOW ALONK IT MAT BE WON. We talk of " immortal" heroes and statesmen, but they are only immortal in history. The portion of mankind that does not read history knows nothing about them, and even the scholar, who is familiar with its pages, takes comparatively little interest in these dead and gone celebrities. But when a great man links his name to a great invention, or discovery, the benefits of whioh must endure as long as the world lasts, he secures true immortaility — the universal aud undying gratitude of mankind — through all the coming ages. Ibis, it appears to us, will be the meed of Thos. Holloway, the distinguished originator of the two most popular, because most successful, remedies that have ever been applied tn the cure of external diseases. It is impossible that his name should ever die out of human recollection, or cease to be held iv honor, while his pills and ■oiutment are performing suoh extraordinary cures as the newspaper press, in every couutry, almost daily records. Ia the future, To the last syllable of recorded time, the same happy results will doubtless ba produced by the same means, so that the name of Holloway is pretty sore to be " kapt green in the souls" of coming generations. This i 9 a kind of fame worth toiling for, worth living and dying for, He who leaves suoh an heir-loom to his descendants bequeaths to them a legacy, compared with which wealth is hut as dross. Tens of thousands in all parts of the habitable world will bear testimony to the truth of these statements, many will say, — we were cured of fevers and agues ; many will again say we were raised from beds of sickness when worn down by weakness and debility, while others will tell us, that their digestive organs wero always at fault, and that there was no relief for them until they used these niarvellous medicines,— the renown then of this man is truly wonderful. — Fishkill Standard.