Unless it be I live to die:
I die—and dying live in vain,
Unless I die to live again.
An Absolute Certainty.—Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that man is ever in presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Passing an Examination.
Here is how Professor William James of Harvard, in his student days, passed an examination before the late Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The first question put to him was as to the nerves at the base of the brain. It so happened that Mr. James was well up in the subject, and he promptly gave an exhaustive reply.
“Oh, well, if you know that you know everything,” said Dr. Holmes cheerfully. “Let’s talk about something else. How are all your people at home?”