NOVEMBER FIFTEENTH
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William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, born 1708.
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William Cowper born 1731.
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Sir William Herschel born 1738.
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Johann Lavater born 1741.
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Richard Henry Dana born 1787.
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Ida Tarbell born 1857.
The parting sun sends out a glow
Across the placid bay,
Touching with glory all the show--
A breeze! Up helm! Away!
Careening to the wind, they reach,
With laugh and call, the shore.
They've left their footprints on the beach,
But them I hear no more.
--Richard Henry Dana.
Art little? Do thy little well:
And for thy comfort know
The great can do their greatest work
No better than just so.
--Goethe.
But be thou an ensample to them that believe, in word, in manner of life, in love, in faith, in purity.
--1 Timothy 4. 12.
Lord God, grant that if I may be complaining of what Providence has not sent me, I may not be neglecting what Providence has given me. May I not pause too long over what I have done, or over what I might have done, but may I be appreciative of what thou dost expect of me and endeavor to accomplish it. Amen.