3. If they were unacquainted with the works of philosophers and poets, they were deeply read in the oracles of God. If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.—Macaulay.
4. And, again, while the Greeks rightly despised mechanical arts as much as the Egyptians, they did not make the fatal mistake of despising agricultural and pastoral life.—Ruskin.
5. Well-advanced as Hepzibah was, she could not remember when Uncle Venner had not gone up and down the street, stooping a little and drawing his feet heavily over the gravel or pavement.—Hawthorne.
6. On whichever side of the border chance had thrown Joanna, the same love to France would have been nurtured.—De Quincey.
7. Energetic men, whether they work or whether they play, put their strength into the work and their strength into the play.—Ruskin.
8. Darwin misses no step that the slow but tireless gods of physical change have taken, no matter how they cross or retrace their course.—Burroughs.
9.
Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet ’tis Truth alone is strong;
And, albeit she wander outcast now, I see around her throng
Troops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all wrong.—Lowell.