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Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money in that order; it is a process, a never ending one
Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money in that order; it is a process, a never ending one
The life blood streaming thro' my heart,
Or my more dear immortal part,
Is not more fondly read more
The life blood streaming thro' my heart,
Or my more dear immortal part,
Is not more fondly dear.
The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to read more
The true purpose of education is to cherish and unfold the seed
of immortality already sown within us; to develop, to their
fullest extent, the capacities of every kind with which the God
who made us has endowed us.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its
proverbs.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.