In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
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In brief, I don't stick to declare, Father Dick,
So they call him for short, is a regular brick;
A metaphor taken--I have not the page aright--
From an ethical work by the Stagyrite.

Knight without fear and without reproach.
[Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]

Knight without fear and without reproach.
[Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]

Are you a bromide?

Are you a bromide?

Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith; invincible in read more

Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.

Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the read more

Your father used to come home to my mother, and why may not I be
a chippe of the same block out of which you two were cutte?

You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the read more

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons read more

Hannibal, as he had mighty virtues, so head he many vices; . . .
he had two distinct persons in him.

Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.

Genteel in personage,
Conduct, and equipage;
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free.