A Little Sister to the WildernessStone & Kimball, 1895 - 267 pages |
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Page 96 - O, believe, as thou livest, that every sound that is spoken over the round world, which thou oughtest to hear, will vibrate on thine ear! Every proverb, every book, every byword that belongs to thee for aid or comfort, shall surely come home through open or winding passages.
Page 121 - Christ immediately puts his friendship to the proof, by telling him, that the foxes had holes, and the birds of the air had nests, but the Son of Man had not where to lay his head.
Page 91 - A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.