Read the excerpt from "one generation passeth away and another cometh." vain bird, a while think what am i, here entering ‘mid a hawk-like throng; quickly hatched out, as quick to fly, and dare not tarry long. where is the mighty and the stout, who lived this fading world to crave; left and forever gone without a stone to show their grave. used with permission of the chapel hill historical society which universal theme is reflected in the excerpt? the importance of hope the desire for honor the value of learning the search for meaning