James Russell Lowell

They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
. . . .
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They are slaves who fear to speak
For the fallen and the weak;
. . . .
They are slaves who dare not be
In the right with two or three.

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, read more

Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.

It takes a mind like Dannel's, fact, ez big ez all ou'doors
To find out thet it looks like read more

It takes a mind like Dannel's, fact, ez big ez all ou'doors
To find out thet it looks like rain arter it fairly pours.

Patience revels in misfortunes.

Patience revels in misfortunes.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.