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Show WISE WORDS. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us the heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Channing. <br><br> The hardest working men and women are those who do the working and planning; and they are few, for most people consider second-hand goods the cheapest. Feelings come and go like light troops following the victory of the present; but principles, like troops of the line are undisturbed and stand fast. Richter. <br><br> A library is not like a dead city of stones, yearly crumbling and needing repair, but like spiritual tree. There it stand, and yields its precious fruit from year to year and from age to age. Carlyle. <br><br> When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over! That is a sign that the earth has begun to wither and that is a dreadful kind of old age. George MacDonald. <br><br> The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and unreasonable to nature. Marcus Antonnius. <br><br> To find recreation in amusement is not happiness, for this joy comes from without, and is, therefore, dependent on accidents, which often cause inevitable affliction; but the happiness that is found in the soul itself is abiding. It is not much thought of, but it is certainly a very important lesson, to learn how to enjoy ordinary life, and be able to relish your being, without the transport of some passion, or the gratification of some appetite. Richard Steele. <br><br> Rev. [reverend] Charles Brooks, father of the state normal schools in America, was asked by a teacher this question: What shall I teach my pupils? He answered, Teach them thoroughly these five things. First, to live religiously; second, to think comprehensively; third, to reckon mathematically; fourth, to converse fluently; and fifth, to write grammatically. If you successfully teach them these five things, you will nobly have done your duty to your pupils, to their parents, to your country, and to yourself. |