Whom the heart of man shuts out, Sometimes the heart of God takes in, And fences them all round about With silence mid the worlds loud din.

It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals,--so thoroughly is everything debated before the authorized and responsible debaters get on their legs.

Ah, men do not know how much strength is in poise, That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.

Ez fer war, I call it murder,- There you hev it plain an' flat; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that. . . . . . An' you 've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God.

Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best.

Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.