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, note,--_Thomas Paine_.
THOMAS PAINE, an eminent American publicist, was born at Thetford in Norfolkshire, England, January 29, 1737, and died at New Rochelle, New York, June 8, 1809. The most important of his Works are: "Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance," "Common-Sense," "The Age of Reason," "The Rights of Man."
A delicate thought is a flower of the mind.
--_Charles Rollin_.
CHARLES ROLLIN, a noted French historian and professor of _belles-lettres_, was born at Paris, January 30, 1661, and died September 14, 1741. His chief works are: "On the Study of Belles-Lettres," "Ancient History" (12 vols. 1730-1738), and "History of Rome."
Shakespeare is not our poet, but the world's-- Therefore on him no speech! And brief for thee, Browning! Since Chaucer was alive and hale, No man hath walk'd along our roads with steps So active, so inquiring eye, or tongue So varied in discourse.
"To Robert Browning,"--_Walter S. Landor_.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, the celebrated English poet and prose writer, was born at Ipsley Court, Warwickshire, January 30, 1775, and died at Florence, September 17, 1864. His best known works are: "The Pentameron," "The Hellenics," "Popery, British and Foreign," "Poems," "Antony and Octavius: Scenes for the Study," "Heroic Idylls, with Additional Poems," and his most famous work, "Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen."
Nur eine Mutter weiss allein, was lieben heisst und glücklich sein.[8]
"Frauen Liebe und Leben," 7.--_A. von Chamisso_.
ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO, a famous German lyrist, was born at the castle of Boncourt Champagne, January 30, 1781, and died at Berlin, August 21, 1838. His most celebrated work is "Peter Schlemihl," which has been translated into all the principal languages of Europe.
When thou a fast would'st keep, Make not thy homage cheap, By publishing its signs to every eye; But let it be between Thyself and the Unseen, So shall it gain acceptance from on high.
--_Bernard Barton_.
BERNARD BARTON, a noted English poet, was born in Carlisle, January 31, 1784, and died in Woodbridge, February 19, 1849. He published: "Metrical Effusions," "Devotional Verses," "Household Verses," etc.
Gather leaves and grasses, Love, to-day; For the Autumn passes Soon away. Chilling winds are blowing It will soon be snowing.
"Gather Leaves and Grasses,"--_John Henry Boner_.
JOHN HENRY BONER, a well-known American poet and literary worker, was born at Salem, N. C., January 31, 1845, and died in 1903. He is best remembered for his volume of verse, "Whispering Pines."
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Fear made the gods; audacity has made kings.
[2] Tears are sorrow's sacred right.
[3] So far had the pen under the king the superiority over the sword.
[4] They say that the best counsel, is that of woman.
[5] Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.
[6] Everything ends with songs.
[7]
To-morrow, to-morrow, not to-day, Hear the lazy people say.
[8] "Only a mother knows what it is to love and be happy."
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An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads.
--_Whately_.
RICHARD WHATELY, a distinguished English clergyman and educator, archbishop of Dublin, was born in London, February 1, 1787, and died in Dublin, October 8, 1863. His writings include: "Elements of Logic," "A General View of the Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity," "The Use and Abuse of Party Feeling in Matters of Religion," "Bacon's Essays, with Annotations," "Miscellaneous Lectures and Reviews," etc.
Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.
"Florio,"