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Where now is Britain?
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Even as the savage sits upon the stone
That marks where stood her capitols, and hears
The bittern booming in the weeds, he shrinks
From the dismaying solitude.

— Henry Kirke White

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Christianity is not a mere set of opinions to be embraced by understanding. It is the work of the heart as well as the head.

There is no species of poetry which is better adapted to the taste of a melancholy man than a sonnet. Its brevity precludes the possibility of it becoming tiresome.

And care, whom not the gayest can outbrave,
Pursues its feeble victim to the grave.

When the day of misfortune comes and (comes it must sooner or later to all )we may be prepared with Christian fortitude to endure the shock.

We should teach our children to make friends with us, to communicate all their thoughts to us … by this we find many opportunities of teaching them important truths, almost without knowing.

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