MAY TWENTY-FIFTH
Reading edition
Ralph Waldo Emerson born 1803.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (George) born 1803.
Dr. William Paley died 1805.
William Henry Channing born 1810.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun? Loved the wild rose, and left it on the stalk? At rich men's tables eaten bread and pulse? Unarmed faced danger with a heart of trust? And loved so well a high behavior, In man or maid, that thou from speech refrained, Nobility more noble to repay? O, be my friend and teach me to be thine! —Ralph Waldo Emerson.
What the superior man seeks is in himself; What the small man seeks is in others. —Confucius.
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go. —Proverbs 22. 24.
Lord God, may I live for the pure and upright, and have the blessedness of a rejoicing heart. May I yearn for the secrets of nature. Grant that my life may not seek destruction, but tenderly find and protect life. Amen.