AUGUST SIXTH
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Ben Jonson died 1637.
François Fénelon born 1651.
Daniel O'Connell born 1775.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, born 1809.
O well for him whose will is strong! He suffers, but he will not suffer long; He suffers, but he cannot suffer wrong; For him nor moves the loud world's random mock, Not all Calamity's hugest waves confound, Who seems a promontory rock, That compassed round with turbulent sound, In middle ocean meets the surging shock, Tempest-buffeted, citadel-crowned. —Alfred Tennyson.
Grandeur of character lies in force of soul—that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love; and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.
—William Ellery Channing.
So then, brethren, stand fast.
—2 Thessalonians 2. 15.
Eternal God, help me that I may not be deceived by my surroundings as I seek to have life abundantly. Instruct me that it is by the way of character that I must attain the laws of growth, and learn reverence for the spirit of divine life. Amen.