On quicksands and shoals of the sea,
On rocks that wait hungry to tear
And devour with tigerish glee.
“But lo! where we land tempest-tost
Is the work that has waited our hand;—
Not one step of that life shall be lost
Whose way an All-seeing hath planned.”
We never know through what divine mysteries of compensation the Great Father of the Universe may be carrying out His sublime plans.—Miss Murdoch.
Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and Truth accomplishes no victory without it.—Bulwer Lytton.
Science is bound by the everlasting law of honour to face every problem fearlessly.—Lord Kelvin.