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But there is one thing which we are responsible for, and that is
for our sympathies, for the manner read more
But there is one thing which we are responsible for, and that is
for our sympathies, for the manner in which we regard it, and for
the tone in which we discuss it. What shall we say, then, with
regard to it? On which side shall we stand?
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.
Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.
The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and
likeness.
The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and
likeness.
A sympathetic heart is like a spring of pure water bursting forth from the mountain side.
A sympathetic heart is like a spring of pure water bursting forth from the mountain side.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
Our souls sit close and silently within,
And their own web from their own entrails spin;
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Our souls sit close and silently within,
And their own web from their own entrails spin;
And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such,
That, spider like, we feel the tenderest touch.
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow
For other's good, and melt at other's woe.
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow
For other's good, and melt at other's woe.