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Page 73 - The mother in her office holds the key of the soul; and she it is who stamps the coin of character, and makes the being who would be a savage but for her gentle cares, a Christian man ! Then crown her queen of the world.
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Page 73 - SPRINGS are little things, but they are sources of large streams ; a helm is a little thing, but it governs the course of the ship...
Page 62 - Father, thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns, thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith, rose AH these fair ranks of trees. They, in thy sun, Budded, and shook their green leaves in thy breeze, And shot toward heaven.
Page 61 - Indians are accustomed to pour spirits and mate into a certain hole, and likewise to smoke upwards, thinking thus to afford all possible gratification to Walleechu. To complete the scene, the tree was surrounded by the bleached bones of horses which had been slaughtered as sacrifices. All Indians of every age and sex make their offerings; they then think that their horses will not tire, and that they themselves shall be prosperous.
Page 110 - The hills are dearest which our childish feet Have climbed the earliest ; and the streams most sweet Are ever those at which our young lips drank Stooped to their waters o'er the grassy bank.
Page 6 - Society. ARTICLE II. — Its object shall be the advancement of the science of Pomology and the art of horticulture.