Alighieri Dante died 1321.
Alexander Baron von Humboldt born 1769.
Julia Magruder born 1854.
Charles Dana Gibson born 1867.
Since it is Providence that determines the fates of men, their inner
nature is thus brought into unison. There is such harmony, as in all
things of nature, that one might explain the whole without referring
to a higher Providence. But this only proves the more clearly and
certainly this higher Providence, which has given existence to this
harmony.
--Wilhelm von Humboldt.
The good mariner, when he draws near the port, furls his sails and
enters it softly; so ought we to lower the sails of our worldly
operations, and turn to God with all heart and understanding.
--Dante.
Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God;
Thy judgments are a great deep:
O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.
--Psalm 36. 6.
My Father in heaven, may I hear thy voice to-day! May I be quiet as I
listen to thee. Above the clamor of the crowd may I hear thee calling
me. May I hear thee in my joys and in my sorrows; in my work and in my
leisure. May I listen to thee oftener, that I may be familiar with thy
ways. Amen.