The doing right alone teaches the value or the meaning of right; the doing it willingly, if the will is happily constituted; the doing it unwillingly, or under compulsion, if persuasion fails to convince. 2. FROUDE-Short Studies on Great A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions, x. dominions, That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers. y. HUTCHINSON-Inquiry; Concerning Moral Good and Evil. Sec. 3. The course of my long life hath reached at last, In fragile bark o'er a tempestuous sea, The common harbor, where must rendered be, Account of all the actions of the past. g. LONGFELLOW-- Old Age. The sunshine fails, the shadows grow more dreary, And I am near to fall, infirm and weary. h. LONGFELLOW-Canzone. Whatever poet, orator, or sage may say of it, old age is still old age. i. LONGFELLOW-Morituri Salutamus. Line 264. Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. j. GEORGE MACDONALD-The Marquis of Set is the sun of my years; And over a few poor ashes, I sit in my darkness and tears. k. The ages roll GERALD MASSEY-A Wail. Forward; and forward with them, draw my soul |