The Gentleman from EverywhereThe author, 1902 - 318 pages |
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Page 11
... vast plain below us was traversible only in boats . Then the birds re- turned from the far South , but brought no seed- time or harvest , for that was the ever to be remembered " Year without a summer , " and but LAUNCHING OF MY LIFE ...
... vast plain below us was traversible only in boats . Then the birds re- turned from the far South , but brought no seed- time or harvest , for that was the ever to be remembered " Year without a summer , " and but LAUNCHING OF MY LIFE ...
Page 96
... vast is the contrast between free and unrestricted educating , and the grind of cramming according to the ironclad rule of the public school system . Many children are so crammed with everything that they really know nothing . In proof ...
... vast is the contrast between free and unrestricted educating , and the grind of cramming according to the ironclad rule of the public school system . Many children are so crammed with everything that they really know nothing . In proof ...
Page 164
... vast fortune as the American representative of " Mum's Extra Dry , " and who had received numerous valuable seeds and shrubs from our generous department , took us on his palatial steamer for hundreds of miles up the lordly St. John's ...
... vast fortune as the American representative of " Mum's Extra Dry , " and who had received numerous valuable seeds and shrubs from our generous department , took us on his palatial steamer for hundreds of miles up the lordly St. John's ...
Page 175
... vast everglades of Flor- ida . The mammoth forest trees seem to support the arch of heaven as the pillars uphold the great dome of the nation's capitol . Here and there the century - old orange trees are re- splendent with the golden ...
... vast everglades of Flor- ida . The mammoth forest trees seem to support the arch of heaven as the pillars uphold the great dome of the nation's capitol . Here and there the century - old orange trees are re- splendent with the golden ...
Page 186
... vast primeval forest . For hours they hastened in silence , then the maiden halted at the edge of a dark morass , and whispered : " Here we leave the earth ; I know the way , " and they launched themselves into the limbs of the trees ...
... vast primeval forest . For hours they hastened in silence , then the maiden halted at the edge of a dark morass , and whispered : " Here we leave the earth ; I know the way , " and they launched themselves into the limbs of the trees ...
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Page 234 - O Land ! For all the broken-hearted The mildest herald by our fate allotted, Beckons, and with inverted torch doth stand To lead us with a gentle hand Into the land of the great Departed, Into the Silent Land ;
Page 252 - Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea. I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For, lo! my own shall come to me. I stay my haste, I make delays. For what avails this eager pace? I stand amid the eternal ways And what is mine shall know my face. Asleep, awake, by night or day, The friends I seek are seeking me; No wind can drive my bark astray, Nor change the tide of destiny. What...
Page 149 - That all the jarring notes of life Seem blending in a psalm, And all the angles of its strife Slow rounding into calm. And so the shadows fall apart, And so the west winds play ; And all the windows of my heart I open to the day.
Page 133 - There is no death ! What seems so is transition : This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portals we call death.
Page 261 - This would be an adaptation to actual business of the spiritual truth that " to him that hath shall be given ; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he seemeth to have.
Page 160 - The word Adam is from the Hebrew adamah, signifying the red color of the ground, dust, nothingness. Divide the name Adam into two syllables, and it reads, a dam, or obstruction. This suggests the thought of something fluid, of mortal mind in solution. It further suggests the thought ofthat "darkness . . . upon the face of the deep...
Page 149 - Enough that blessings undeserved Have marked my erring track ; That wheresoe'er my feet have swerved, His chastening turned me back ; That more and more a providence Of love is understood, Making the springs of time and sense Sweet with eternal good...
Page 141 - I grieve for life's bright promise, just shown and then withdrawn ; But still the sun shines round me : the evening bird sings on, And I again am soothed, and, beside the ancient gate, In this soft evening sunlight, I calmly stand and wait.
Page 137 - I know that each sinful action, As sure as the night brings shade , Is somewhere, sometime punished, Tho' the hour be long delayed. I know that the soul is aided Sometimes by the heart's unrest, And to grow means often to suffer But whatever is - is best.
Page 141 - A boat at midnight sent alone To drift upon the moonless sea, A lute, whose leading chord is gone, A wounded bird, that hath but one Imperfect wing to soar upon, Are like what I am, without thee...