Labour May Be A Burden And A

Progress However, Of The Best Kind, Is Comparatively Slow. Great Results Cannot Be Achieved At Once; And We Must Be Satisfied To Advance In Life As We Walk, Step By Step.

The Principal Industrial Excellence Of The English People Lay In Their Capacity Of Present Exertion For A Distant Object.

Like Men, Nations Are Purified And Strengthened By Trials.

The Work Of Many Of The Greatest Men, Inspired By Duty, Has Been Done Amidst Suffering And Trial And Difficulty. They Have Struggled Against The Tide, And Reached The Shore Exhausted.

One Might Almost Fear," Writes A Thoughtful Woman, "seeing How The Women Of To-day Are Lightly Stirred Up To Run After Some New Fashion Or Faith, That Heaven Is Not So Near To Them As It Was To Their Mothers And Grandmothers.