Excelling—See [Best, Making the]; [Encouragement].
Exceptional Men—See [Crowd, and the Exception].
Excess—See [Study Overdone].
Excess of Duty—See [Overplus of Duty].
EXCLUSION FROM HEAVEN
A new story of Col. Robert J. Ingersoll is told by the Chicago Record-Herald:
Bishop Potter once lay sick, so sick that his life was despaired of, and even his most intimate friends were denied admittance to his bedside. One day, however, Colonel Ingersoll called. Bishop Potter, learning that Ingersoll was in the house, demanded, despite the protest of his physicians and nurses, that the distinguished agnostic be asked into the sick-room.
“How is it, Bishop,” said Ingersoll after he had offered his condolences to the invalid, “that I am so highly favored when your other friends are not allowed to see you?”
“Well, you see, Colonel,” answered the Bishop weakly, “I may not recover from this illness, and if I do not I have every assurance of seeing the others in the next world. I realized that if I wished to see you again, I must do it here.” (Text.)
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