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The truly great are those who make least noise,
And walk with humble looks upon the earth;
They nor affect a swelling part nor speak
Big words that make their hearers stand aside
In silent awe and clear an ample space,
Like Lilliputians before some Gulliver.
Greatness consists not in such empty gauds
As dazzle and attract the public eye;
It rests not on the breath of multitudes,
For rightly hath the poet said — “ The world
knows nothing of its greatest men.” There went
A great man once about the daily paths
Of life, and few there were that recognized
The greatness that in goodness dwelt; and still
Small is the number unto whom this truth
Is made apparent. Egone.
Whatever man possesses God hath lent,
And to his audit liable is, ever,
To reckon how, and when and where he spent;
As faithful steward and a true receiver.
Little thy debt when little is thy store —
When much thou hast, thy debt is so much more.
And when thy brother needs thy open hand,
Don’t shut it — nay, be glad and always willing
To meet his wants, and let him understand
’Tis duty’s pleasure brings to him your shilling.
The contradiction’s true -when at your grave,
The only thingyou have is whatyou gave.
Fletcher.
Be kind to each other!
The night’s coming on,
When friend and wThen brother
Perchance may be gone.
Then, midst our dejection,
Plow sweet to have earned
The blest recollection
Of kindness returned. Anon.
Mercy is the highest reach of wit,
A safety unto them that practice it,
Born out of God, and unto human eyes,
Like God, not seen, ’till worldly passion dies.
O, Lord, thy mercies fail me never —
Where once Thou lovest, Thou lovest forever.
Brooke.
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