Need he essay to penetrate the future?
it is still toil, softened though it be by the consideration which is universally shown to the feelings and weaknesses of old age.

Yet has the Creator, who placed him in this state, mercifully provided for it.

The slave has not the hopes of the master, but he is without many of his cares.
He may not strive after wealth, yet he is always provided with comfort.
Ambition, with its longings for fame, and riches, and power, never stimulates his breast; that breast is safe from its disappointments.

His enjoyments, though few, equal his expectations.

His occupations, though servile, resemble the mass of those around him.