EACH AND ALL. Little thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked clown Of thee from the hill-top looking down; The heifer that lows in the upland farm, Far-heard, lows not thine ear to charm; The sexton, tolling his bell at noon, Deems not that great Napoleon Stops his horse, and lists with delight, Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; -Emerson. Home is everywhere to thee, Who canst thine own dwelling be. -Joseph Beaumont. In the sublimest flights of the soul, rectitude is never surmounted, love is never outgrown. -Emerson. Our to-days make our to-morrows, and our present lives determine the grade on which we must enter any next life. -Minot J. Savage. What man is there whom contact with a great soul will not exalt? A drop of water upon the petal of a lotus glistens with the splendors of the pearl. -Hindu. Of nothing can we be more sure than this: that, if we cannot sanctify our present lot, we could sanctify no other. -Martineau. "To see the spider sit and spin Some days must needs be full of gloom, What our hand findeth, do with might; -Alice Cary. Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, And let the misty mountain winds be free For all sweet sounds and harmonies; oh! then, Should be thy portion, with what healing thoughts And these my exhortations! -Wordsworth. All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. -Emerson. The most dangerous flattery is the inferiority of those who surround us. -Madame Swetchine. Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Are the stars too distant, pick up the pebble that lies at thy feet. One adequate support -Margaret Fuller. For the calamities of mortal life -Wordsworth. |