Whoe'er amidst the sons
Of reason, valor, liberty and virtue,
Displays distinguished merit, is a noble
Of Nature's own creating.
Just men, by whom impartial laws were given,
And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven!
Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed
A fairer spirit, or more welcome shade.
Quantum instar in ipso est.
None but himself can be his parallel.
Uni odiisque viro telisque frequentibus instant.
LUe velut rupes vastum quae prodit in aequor,
Obvia ventorum funis, expostaque ponto,
Vim cunctam atque minas perfert cœlique marisque,
Ipsa immota manens.
They attack this one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which stretches into the vast sea and which, exposed to the fury of the winds and beaten against by the waves, endures all the violence and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
Accipe nunc Danaum insidias, et crimine ab uno Disce omnes.
Learn now of the treachery of the Greeks, and from one example the character of the nation may be known.
Il [le Chevalier de Belle-Isle] était capable de tout imaginer, de tout arranger, et de tout faire.
He (the Chevalier de Belle-Isle) was capable of imagining all, of arranging all, and of doing everything.
Lord of the golden tongue and smiting eyes;
Great out of season and untimely wise :
A man whose virtue, genius, grandeur, worth,
Wrought deadlier ill than ages can undo.
Wm. Watson—The Political Luminary.
I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good as belongs to you.
Walt Whitman—Song of Myself. I.
Formed on the good old plan,
A true and brave and downright honest man!
He blew no trumpet in the market-place,
Nor in the church with hypocritic face
Supplied with cant the lack of Christian grace;
Loathing pretence, he did with cheerful will
What others talked of while their hands were
still.
Whittier—Daniel Neall. TL
One that would peep and botanize
Upon his mother's grave.
Wordsworth—A Poets Epitaph. St. 5. ,
But who, if he be called upon to face
Some awful moment to which Heaven has
joined
Great issues, good or bad for humankind,
Is happy as a lover.
Wordsworth—Character of a Happy Warrior.
L. 48.
Whom neither shape of danger can dismay,
Nor thought of tender happiness betray.
Wordsworth—Character of a Happy Warrior.
L.72.
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength and skill.
Wordsworth-—She was a Phantom of Delight.
The man that makes a character, makes foes.
Yoxmo—Epistles to Mr. Pope. Ep. I. L. 28.
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The man who consecrates his hours
By vlg'rous effort and an honest aim,
At once he draws the sting of life and death;
He walks with nature and her paths are peace.
Young—Night Thoughts. Night H. L. 187.
CHARITY
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| text = <poem>In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice
or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their
fellow-men, not knowing what they do.
John Qdtncy Adams—Letter to A. Branson.
July 30, 1838.
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| text = <poem>Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
| author = Addison
| work = The Guardian. No. 166.
The desire of power in excess caused the
angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity there
is no excess, neither can angel or man come
in danger by it. •
Bacon—Essay. On Goodness.
Charity and treating begin at home.
| author = Beaumont and Fletcher
| work = Wit vrithoitt
Money. Sc. 2.
Let themjlearn first to show pity at home.
| author = Beaumont and Fletcher
| work = Wit iviihout
Money. Sc. 2. Marston—Histrio-Matrix.
3. 165.
| seealso = (See also Grefs, Montluc, Pope, Sheridan
Smith, Terence, Timothy )
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| text = <poem>The voice of the world ["Charity begins at
home"].
Sir Thomas Browne—Religio Medici.
