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: "The Timepiece," Line i,--_William Cowper_.

WILLIAM COWPER, an illustrious English poet, was born in Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, November 26, 1731, and died at East Dereham, Norfolk, April 25, 1800. His works include: "Homer's Iliad and Odyssey," "The Task," "Poems" (1798), etc.

What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the interval that lowers Between this time and that sweet time of grace?

"Absence,"--_Frances Anne Kemble_.

FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE, a noted English actress, was born in London, November 27, 1809, and died there, January 16, 1893. She wrote: "Recollections of a Girlhood," "Recollections of Later Life," "Journal of a Residence on a Georgia Plantation," and her "Journal."

I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe; I told it not, my wrath did grow.

"Christian Forbearance,"--_Wm. Blake_.

WILLIAM BLAKE, a celebrated English poet and artist, was born in London, November 28, 1757, and died there, August 12, 1827. He has published: "Poetical Sketches," "Songs of Innocence," "Songs of Experience," etc. His "Prophetic Books," including: "Book of Thel," "Marriage of Heaven and Hell," "Book of Urizen," "Book of Los," "Book of Ahania," "Jerusalem," and "Milton," are famous. His greatest artistic work is in "Illustrations to the Book of Job."

What is philosophy? It is something that lightens up, that makes bright.

--_Victor Cousin_.

VICTOR COUSIN, a distinguished French philosopher, was born in Paris, November 28, 1792, and died at Cannes, January 2, 1867. He wrote: "Mme. de Longueville," "Mme. de Hautefort," "Jacqueline Pascal," "French Society in the 17th Century," "History of Philosophy," etc. His translation of "Plato," also won for him great fame.

Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.

"Concord Days" (June Books),--_Amos Bronson Alcott_.

AMOS BRONSON ALCOTT, a noted American philosophical writer, and educator, was born at Wolcott, Conn., November 29, 1799, and died at Boston, March 4, 1888. His principal works are: "Orphic Sayings," "Tablets," "Concord Days," "Table-Talk," "Sonnets and Canzonets," "Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Character and Genius," "New Connecticut," etc.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought but action.

Speech, December 21, 1855,--_Wendell Phillips_.

WENDELL PHILLIPS, an American social and political reformer of great fame, was born at Boston, November 29, 1811, and died there, February 2, 1884. Among his writings are: "Can Abolitionists Vote or Take Office?" "The Constitution a Pro-Slavery Compact," "Defense of the Anti-Slavery Movement," "Review of Webster's Speech of March 7th," "Speeches, Lectures, and Letters," "Addresses," etc.

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.

"Arcadia,"