By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings for almost her whole population, raised the school-house, established the Church, encircled the globe with her ships, and made her books and her papers to…

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while...

To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while...

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength...

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that...

Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished; but that...

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Now comes the mystery.

Now comes the mystery.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...