A reader for the lower grades of schoolsSilver, Burdett, 1909 - Conduct of life |
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Page 18 - And suppose the world don't please you, Nor the way some people do, Do you think the whole creation Will be altered just for you? And isn't it, my boy or girl, The wisest, bravest plan, Whatever comes or doesn't come, To do the best you can
Page 160 - Have you had a kindness shown ? Pass it on. 'Twas not given for you alone—pass it on. Let it travel down the years, Let it wipe another's tears, Till in heaven the deed appears — pass it on.
Page 102 - Cease from anger and forsake wrath." " Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Page 18 - task, my little man, Is very hard to get, Will it make it any easier For you to sit and fret? And wouldn't it be wiser Than waiting, like a dunce, To go to work in earnest And learn the thing at once? And
Page 97 - Lying lips are abomination to the 'Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight."
Page 18 - wouldn't it be wiser Than waiting, like a dunce, To go to work in earnest And learn the thing at once? And suppose the world don't please you, Nor the way some people do, Do you think the whole creation
Page 39 - Mary Somerville was one of the most famous women of the present or past age," says a writer. When living at home and pursuing her studies, she wrote to a friend, " I have to take part in the household affairs, and to make and mend my own clothes. I rise very
Page 106 - a sunbeam, Child, whose life is glad With an inner radiance Sunshine never had? Oh, as God has blessed thee, Scatter rays divine! For there is no sunbeam But must die or shine.
Page 61 - XXIII. MYSTERY OF THE SEED. LUCY LARCOM. Children, dear, can you read The mystery of the seed, The little seed that will not remain In earth, but rises in fruit and grain? Sower, you surely know That the harvest never will grow, Except for the Angels of Sun and Rain, Who water and ripen the springing grain.
Page 98 - Keep your own counsel and depend upon it, I won't say a word to any one." " Then your grace will allow me to attend you as usual, which will show the public that*