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Upon a showery night and still,
Without a sound of warning,
A trooper band surprised the hill,
And held it in the morning.
We were not waked by bugle-note,
No cheer our dreams invaded,
And yet at dawn their yellow coats
On the green slopes paraded.
--HELEN GRAY CONE.
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sor ry judge for give ness angry
sor row judg ing pa tient dis tress
bor row tongue dis be lieve dis tressed
e vil par don re port tale-bearer
con duct cheer ful cour age at ten tion
Look thoughtfully at _tongue_ and _patient_; the _o_ in _courage_ and
the _tion_ in _attention_.
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There are ten things for which no one has ever yet been sorry. These
are--for doing good to all; for speaking evil of none; for hearing
before judging; for thinking before speaking; for holding an angry
tongue; for being kind to the distressed; for asking pardon for all
wrongs; for being patient towards everybody; for stopping the ears to a
tale-bearer; for disbelieving most of the ill reports.
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Frank lin per haps sprout wil low
wharf no tice cheap bil low
Hol land sin gle leap pil low
else tu lip heap U ni ted
short bulb reap States
near ly close bas ket morn ing
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While Franklin was walking on a wharf one morning, he saw some cheap
willow baskets in which some tulip bulbs had been brought from Holland.
Perhaps no one else would have noticed the single short green sprout on
one of the willows. Franklin cut it off carefully and planted it. From
this one sprout have grown most of the basket willows in the United
States.
A man’s best things are nearest him,
Lie close about his feet.