Show the spirit of love beyond all question it is tho unalterable constitution of nature that there is efficacy divine unspeakable efficacy in love the exhibition of kindness has the power to bring even the irrational animal into subjection show kindness to a dog and he will remember it ho will be grateful he will infallibly return love for love show kindness to a lion and yon can lead him by the mane yon can thrust your bead into his month you can melt the untamed ferocity of his heart into an affection stronger than death and if this blessed influence should entend itself over the earth a moral garden of eden would in every land instead of the thorn and brier would spring up the fir treo and the myrtle the desert would blossom and the solitary place bo made glad new york ledger |