The Herald of peace. July 1850-Jan./March 1930. Oct. /Dec. 1938, Jan./April 1939 |
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... admirable laws and customs which prevailed among the Utopians , More at last begged of him earnestly that he would describe that island very particularly to them . " " I will do it very willingly , " said he , " for I have digested the ...
... admirable laws and customs which prevailed among the Utopians , More at last begged of him earnestly that he would describe that island very particularly to them . " " I will do it very willingly , " said he , " for I have digested the ...
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... admiration and envy , or with those of unmitigated indignation and disgust , at this glorious spectacle ? Why , surely , no one can doubt , that heavily as we are mulcted in purse by these " fantastic tricks , ' we suffer a yet more ...
... admiration and envy , or with those of unmitigated indignation and disgust , at this glorious spectacle ? Why , surely , no one can doubt , that heavily as we are mulcted in purse by these " fantastic tricks , ' we suffer a yet more ...
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... admirable speech of the Prince Albert as to " the realization of the unity of mankind , " with some of the comments which appeared in a late number of the Herald , he says : - " It will , doubtless , be universally admitted , that , in ...
... admirable speech of the Prince Albert as to " the realization of the unity of mankind , " with some of the comments which appeared in a late number of the Herald , he says : - " It will , doubtless , be universally admitted , that , in ...
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... admiration , which the raptures of poetry have enkindled and fed . From Homer to Scott there has radiated forth on society a ... admirable truths they embody , possess unques- tionable poetic merits . The very first piece in the volume ...
... admiration , which the raptures of poetry have enkindled and fed . From Homer to Scott there has radiated forth on society a ... admirable truths they embody , possess unques- tionable poetic merits . The very first piece in the volume ...
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... admirable , while the devout and habitual faith they cherished in Divine and invisible realities , imparted a freedom and courage to their life which impressed something of prophetic dignity on their whole demeanour , notwithstanding ...
... admirable , while the devout and habitual faith they cherished in Divine and invisible realities , imparted a freedom and courage to their life which impressed something of prophetic dignity on their whole demeanour , notwithstanding ...
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Popular passages
Page 95 - Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Page 95 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 60 - Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 60 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, — Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, — An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, " What writest thou ?" — The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answer'd, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 60 - THIS is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling, Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms ; But from their silent pipes no anthem pealing Startles the villages with strange alarms. Ah ! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary, When the death-angel touches those swift keys ! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies ! I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus, The cries of agony, the endless groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations...
Page 60 - The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And...
Page 41 - When the war-drum throbs no longer, And the battle-flags are furled In the parliament of man, The federation of the world.
Page 60 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 91 - The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood. Wisdom doth live with children round her knees: Books, leisure, perfect freedom, and the talk 10 Man holds with week-day man in the hourly walk Of the mind's business...