Life and History

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George H. Doran Company, 1922 - 212 pages
 

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Page 37 - Therefore let no man glory 21 in men : for all things are yours ; ' whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, 22 or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours ; 'and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
Page 57 - By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
Page 16 - I am owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, Of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.
Page 171 - O Englishmen ! — in hope and creed, In blood and tongue our brothers ! We too are heirs of Runnymede ; And Shakespeare's fame and Cromwell's deed Are not alone our mother's. ' Thicker than water," in one rill Through centuries of story , I92 ASTR&A AT THE CAPITOL.
Page 209 - Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and I heard a great voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with men.
Page 54 - I LOVE to hear thine earnest voice^ Wherever thou art hid, Thou testy little dogmatist, Thou pretty Katydid ! Thou 'mindest me of gentle folks — Old gentle folks are they, — Thou sayest an undisputed thing In such a solemn way.
Page 83 - Indeed, these articles and reports would convey the impression that the maintenance of the gold standard is an end in itself rather than a means to an end.
Page 26 - Into this Universe, and Why not knowing Nor Whence, like Water willy nilly flowing ; And out of it, as Wind along the Waste, I know not Whither, willy nilly blowing.
Page 192 - We needs must love the highest when we see it, Not Launcelot, nor another." She closed her eyes, and drummed her fingers restlessly upon the sill. "Oh," she said, "how lazy you all are! Quite smug about your tinsel, so that you need not dig to find the gold." Then she looked around the room slowly. Her lids drooped and her lips were slightly parted.
Page 187 - The kings could cut their cedars, Cut their Lebanon cedars; But Salomon packed his heart with dreams, And all the dreams were true. When Salomon sailed from Ophir, He sailed not as a king. The kings — they weltered to and fro, Tossed wherever the winds could blow; But Salomon's tawny seamen Could lift their heads and sing, Till all their crowded clouds of sail Grew sweeter than the Spring. Chorus: Their singing sheets...

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