God, the All Wise and Creator of the human intellect,
Guide our search for truth and knowledge, all our thoughts and ways direct.
Help us build the towers of learning that would make us wise, astute,
On the rock of holy Scripture – truth revealed and absolute.
O how vast the shores of learning – there are still uncharted seas,
And they call to bold adventure, those who turn from sloth and ease.
But we need Thy hand to guide us, in the studies we pursue,
And the presence of Thy Spirit, to illumine all we do.
May the things we learn, so meager, never lift our hearts in pride,
Till in foolish self-reliance, we would wander from Thy side.
Let them only bind us closer, Lord, to Thee in whom we find,
A very fountainhead of wisdom, light and life to all mankind.
—John W. Peterson
James Fenimore Cooper
Notwithstanding the increasing warmth of the amicable contest, the most decorous Christian assembly, not even excepting those in which its reverend ministers are collected, might have learned a wholesome lesson of moderation from the forbearance and courtesy of the disputants. The words of Uncas were received with the same deep attention as those which fell from the maturer wisdom of his father; and so far from manifesting any impatience, neither spoke in reply, until a few moments of silent meditation were, seemingly, bestowed in deliberating on what had already been said....
Hawkeye was to every appearance fast losing ground, and the point was about to be decided against him, when he arose to his feet, and shaking off his apathy, he suddenly assumed the manner of an Indian, and adopted all the arts of native eloquence....
The Mohicans listened gravely, and with countenances that reflected the sentiments of the speaker. Conviction gradually wrought its influence, and toward the close of Hawkeye's speech, his sentences were accompanied by the customary exclamation of commendation. In short, Uncas and his father became converts to his way of thinking, abandoning their own previously expressed opinions with a liberality and candor that, had they been the representatives of some great and civilized people, would have infallibly worked their political ruin, by destroying forever their reputation for consistency. The instant the matter in discussion was decided, the debate, and everything connected with it, except the result appeared to be forgotten.
—James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans ©1826, ch19.
Hawkeye was to every appearance fast losing ground, and the point was about to be decided against him, when he arose to his feet, and shaking off his apathy, he suddenly assumed the manner of an Indian, and adopted all the arts of native eloquence....
The Mohicans listened gravely, and with countenances that reflected the sentiments of the speaker. Conviction gradually wrought its influence, and toward the close of Hawkeye's speech, his sentences were accompanied by the customary exclamation of commendation. In short, Uncas and his father became converts to his way of thinking, abandoning their own previously expressed opinions with a liberality and candor that, had they been the representatives of some great and civilized people, would have infallibly worked their political ruin, by destroying forever their reputation for consistency. The instant the matter in discussion was decided, the debate, and everything connected with it, except the result appeared to be forgotten.
—James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans ©1826, ch19.
David L. Johnson
Some people used to claim that, if enough monkeys sat in front of enough typewriters and typed long enough, eventually one of them would reproduce the collected works of Shakespeare. The internet has proven this not to be the case.
—David L. Johnson, Lehigh Math Dept
(Sort of.)
—David L. Johnson, Lehigh Math Dept
(Sort of.)
Charles Spurgeon
Enough is not only as good as a feast, but it is all that the veriest glutton can truly enjoy.
—Charles Spurgeon, Morning, February 14.
—Charles Spurgeon, Morning, February 14.
Enough
"Enough House," said I; "that's a curious name, miss."
"Yes," she replied; "but it meant more than it said. It meant, when it was given, that whoever had this house could want nothing else. They must have been easily satisfied in those days, I should think."
—Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter VIII
"Yes," she replied; "but it meant more than it said. It meant, when it was given, that whoever had this house could want nothing else. They must have been easily satisfied in those days, I should think."
—Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter VIII
Many Waters
Many waters cannot quench love; Neither can the floods drown it.
—Madeline L'Engle, Many Waters, quoting Song of Solomon 8:7 KJV
—Madeline L'Engle, Many Waters, quoting Song of Solomon 8:7 KJV
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