...Liberal and undistinifuishini;, should hide OO The excellence of moral qualities DISCOURSE, ETC. 307 From common understanding ; leaving truth And virtue,.../ The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, 1 Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. The generous inclination, the just rule, / Kind...

...ought to be few and far between to that happy home. CHAPTER XIII. A LOVE OFFEBING FROM THE POOR. " The charities that soothe and heal and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers." WOBDSWOBTB. " IT'S Miss Mary I'm wanting, — it's the bonnie bird Miss Mary, that they hae driven...

...of practical enjoyment and utility. " Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop Than when we soar." " The primal duties shine aloft like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are Bcalter'd at the feet of man, like flowers*." Whatever the demerits of the ' Treatise on Human Nature,'...

...luster, he that runs may read." Here are verses from which Wordsworth might have drawn his lines : " The primal duties shine aloft like stars, The charities...bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers." But the distinction between the two passages is that between the two poets, the one comparatively artificial...

...the Novelty of Life is in performing those Duties which lie nearest to us. " The primal duties sbino aloft like stars The charities that soothe, and heal...bless Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers." NINTH. — And hence the Greatness of Man and of Life is not in Dreaming but in Acting. " The food...

...MORALITIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 19 Here are verses from which Wordsworth might have drawn his lines : — " The primal duties shine aloft like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scatter" d at the feet of man like flowers." But the distinction between the two passages is that between...

...monstrous, might be deemed The failure, if the Almighty, to this point Liberal and undistiuguishing, should hide The excellence of moral qualities From...the rest! Believe it not: The primal duties shine aloft—like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man—like...

...run, Nor where the regular confusion ends. 1 ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE ATTAINABLE ar ALL. — Wordstaortk. The primal duties shine aloft, like stars ; The charities...bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers ; The generous inclination, the just rule, Kind wishes, and good actions, and pure thoughts, — No...

...sorrow. Hamkt, i. 2. zeal and duty are not slow But on occasion's forelock watchful wait. PR, iii. 172. The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and hless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers. The Excursion, ix. this imperial Realm, While...

...monstrous, might be deem'd The failure, if the Almighty, to this point Liberal and undistinguishing, should hide The excellence of moral qualities From...The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless. Are scatter'd at the feet of man — like flowers. The generous inclination, the just rule, Kind w'shes,...