The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12Brann, William Cowper
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The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
Brann, William Cowper
Brann, William Cowper, 1855-1898; Essays; Reformers
law, the fatherhood of God the only faith. Such, my
friends, is the rainbow to which I have turned my feet.
It lies afar, across dismal swamps o'er whose icy summits
only the condor's shadow sweeps--across arctic vast and
desert isles beyond tempestuous ocean rank with dead men's
bones and the rotting hulls of ships. I shall not attain
it, nor shall you; but he that strives, though vanquished,
still is victor. A dreamer, say you? Ah yes, but all life is
but a dream, mystic, wonderful, and we know not when we
sleep nor when we wake. I love to dream so when the
storm beats upon the great oaks, hoary with their hundred
years, and they put forth their gnarled arms and grapple
with the blast, when the lightning cleaves the inky sky
with forked flame and the earth rocks neath the thunder's
angry roar. When the dark clouds roll muttering unto
the East and the evening sun hangs every leaf and twig
and blade of grass with jewels brighter than e'er gleamed
in Golconda's mines; when the mock-birds renew their
melody and every flower seems drunken with its own incense,
I look upon the irisate glory that seems to belt the
world with beauty and my heart beats high with hope that
in years to be the storm-clouds that o'ershadow the souls
of men will recede also--that time shall come when the
human race will be one universal brotherhood, containing
neither a millionaire nor a mendicant, neither a master
nor a slave.
INDEX TO THE TWELVE VOLUMES OF BRANN THE ICONOCLAST
All titles of articles appear in this index in capitals--except
"Salmagundi," "Editorial Etchings," "Political Pot-pourri,"
and a few other stock titles which were used in the ICONOCLAST as
general headings for groups of untitled short articles. The more
important of these untitled brief articles are indexed under the
theme or subject.
The index entries appearing in small or lower case type comprise
a subject index of the leading topics discussed by Brann. As the
same subject may be variously phrased the student of Brann is
advised to glance through the index to familiarize himself with
the terminology used. Articles relating to individuals are not
indexed under the proper names unless the individuals are
generally known to the reading public. Articles contributed to
the ICONOCLAST by others than Brann are indexed under title and
name of contributor but not by theme or subject.
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