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Death of a Christian
The votaries of fame may acquire a sort of insensibility to death and its consequences. But he alone whose peace is made with God, can walk with composure through the gloomy valley of the shadow of death, and fear no evil.
Description of a desert
To be thirsty in a desert…is the most terrible situation that a man can be placed in.
Eminence of obscurity
Those who have risen from humble stations, often recur with satisfaction to the steps through which they have been led on their upward way.
Employment of time
Time is more valuable than money. If you hinder a scholar from studying, you commit a robbery against him; for robbers of time, are more guilty, than robbers of money.
Lessons from nature
I was ashamed, and felt that I had need to be taught of nature; and I yet wished to turn from the wild scenery around, and look into the moral and intellectual views of mankind.
Reflections on the close of life
The graves before me, and all around me, are thickly deposited. The marble that speak the names, bid us prepare for Death.