There is no death! What seems so is transition; this life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call Death.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

Build today, then strong and sure, With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure. Shall tomorrow find its place.

Fair words gladden so many a heart.

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

A Lady with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.