The Growth Of True Friendship May Be

My Dear Father; My Dear Friend; The Best And Wisest Man I Ever Knew, Who Taught Me Many Lessons And Showed Me Many Things As We Went Together Along The Country By-ways.

Some Set More By Such Things As Come From A Distance, But I Rec'lect Mother Always Used To Maintain That Folks Was Meant To Be Doctored With The Stuff That Grew Right About 'em.

It Is Not Often Given In A Noisy World To Come To The Places Of Great Grief And Silence.

Do Not Hurry Too Fast In These Early Winter Days, - A Quiet Hour Is Worth More To You Than Anything You Can Do In It.

So We Die Before Our Own Eyes; So We See Some Chapters Of Our Lives Come To Their Natural End.