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Show fA THOUGHT A DAY 4. Because sentence against an evil work is not i-vivutui speedily, therefore there-fore the heart ..I the sons of men is iull ( ,n them (o do evil. i Docleslastcs 8:11. i He stood upon the world's broad threshold; wide jThe din of battle and of slaughter rose 'lie saw dod stand upon the weaker side. That sank In teeming loss before its I foes. Many there were who made great haste and fjpld I'nto the cununy enemy their swords; Ho scorned their gifts of fame and power and gold, And un.lerne,,fh their soft and flowery flow-ery worda Hoard the cold serpent hiss, therefore there-fore he went And humbly joined him to the weaker weak-er part. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. ni |