—Horace Mann.
All service ranks the same with God—
There is no last nor first.
—Browning.
Logic makes only one demand, that of conscience. But life makes a thousand. The body wants health; the imagination cries out for beauty; and the heart for love. Pride asks for consideration; the soul yearns for peace; the conscience for holiness; our whole being is athirst for happiness and for perfection.
—Amiel.
What if it does look like rain, it is fine now!
—William Smith.
Was there ever a wiser or more loving conspiracy than that which keeps the venerable figure of Santa Claus from slipping away, with all the other old-time myths, into the forsaken wonderland of the past?
—Hamilton Wright Mabie.