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... kind of discipline that these children have had at home and in the schools . It is just such an evil that this course in citizenship will help to remedy . When we reach the higher grades of the course , an examination of the poems and ...
... kind of discipline that these children have had at home and in the schools . It is just such an evil that this course in citizenship will help to remedy . When we reach the higher grades of the course , an examination of the poems and ...
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... kind master until to - day . To- morrow you shall gain what you lost . " The next morning the owner fed the Ox well , and hung a garland of flowers about his neck . When they went into the village the men laughed at the man again . They ...
... kind master until to - day . To- morrow you shall gain what you lost . " The next morning the owner fed the Ox well , and hung a garland of flowers about his neck . When they went into the village the men laughed at the man again . They ...
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... kind wishes . A little Christmas letter to friends that are far away . What is the Christmas spirit for receiving gifts ? Always remember to thank every one who has given you the smallest gift . The smallest first grade child can write ...
... kind wishes . A little Christmas letter to friends that are far away . What is the Christmas spirit for receiving gifts ? Always remember to thank every one who has given you the smallest gift . The smallest first grade child can write ...
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... kind to the unfortunate . Abraham Lincoln , whose birthday we remember this month , had a heart brimful of kindness . His heart was filled with pity for the poor black slaves , and he caused them to be freed . He was always good to his ...
... kind to the unfortunate . Abraham Lincoln , whose birthday we remember this month , had a heart brimful of kindness . His heart was filled with pity for the poor black slaves , and he caused them to be freed . He was always good to his ...
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... kind to all , that people said even a big gray wolf stopped killing the sheep of the poor peasants because St. Francis asked him to . ( Read extracts from Everybody's St. Francis , Maurice F. Egan . The Century Co. ) How could a man ...
... kind to all , that people said even a big gray wolf stopped killing the sheep of the poor peasants because St. Francis asked him to . ( Read extracts from Everybody's St. Francis , Maurice F. Egan . The Century Co. ) How could a man ...
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Page 170 - For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet, for a
Page 40 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above ; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love, Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 81 - O Lady! we receive but what we give And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Page 109 - ... NOISELESS patient spider, I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. And you O my soul where you stand, Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them, Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold, Till the gossamer...
Page 348 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 98 - The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, ! For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
Page 35 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, ;'-. With whom the melodies abide Of th' everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Page 136 - There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night • Ten to make and the match to win — A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat Or the selfish hope of a season's fame, But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote: "Play up! play up! and play the game!
Page 327 - Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth...
Page 311 - I want to take this occasion to say that the United States will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest.