Charles Lamb

Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929 I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other read more

Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929 I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting or a solved problem. Why have we none for books, those spiritual repasts -- a grace before Milton, a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading [Spenser]?

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.

These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.