...3. And afterwards : " This wisdom have I seen under the sun : and it seemed great unto me. There was a little city, and few men within it : and there came...the city. Yet no man remembered that same poor man," ver. 13 — 15. If the place had been saved by some rich citizen, the performance would have been applauded...

...upon them. 13 This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 14 There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came...besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man...

...to it, erected bulwarks against it, and entrenched it round : now there was found within the walls a poor wise man and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; but none remembered the same poor man. THIS parable describes the corrupt and malevolent nature of...

...consideration of a short history or parable from Ecclesiastes, and a verse of Proverbs : — " There was a little city, and few men within it ; and there came...city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man." (Eccles. ix. t4, 15.) " The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding...

...longer in prison. Alas, what an ungrateful and selfish creature is man ! When we read, " There was a little city, and few men •within it; and there...his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered the same poor man," Eccles. ht. 14, 15 ; — w'e are disgusted at the ingratitude of the citizens ;...

...poor man, whose merits are lost in his poverty, than that in the words of the wise man : ' There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came...the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his...

...extensively useful to mankind. " There was," says an inspired writer, "a little city, and few men in it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged...the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then I saw that wisdom is better than strength." A striking verification of the foregoing sentiment,...

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...[seemed] great unto me. To give one instance of the value of Wisdom, 14 [there was] a little city, and a few men within it; and there came a great king against...and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against 15 it. Now there Avas found in it a poor wise man, and he, by his wisdom, delivered the city ; yet,...