Dr. Cotton Mather born 1663.
Peter Cooper born 1791.
Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, sixteenth President United States, born 1809.
Robert Charles Darwin born 1809.
George Meredith born 1828.
With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the
right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish
the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds, ... to do all
which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among
ourselves and with all nations.
--Abraham Lincoln.
The great moral combat between human life and each human soul must
be single.... When a soul arms for battle she goes forth alone.
--Owen Meredith.
According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise
master builder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon.
--1 Corinthians 3. 10.
Almighty God, I thank thee for the courage that comes with a great
life. Help me to be brave, even if it is only that others may be
blest. May I lay a careful foundation and plan to build the best that
I can afford. Amen.