April 6

“Throughout all her novels (George Eliot’s; [pen-name of Mary Ann Evans] ) there prevails the idea that the effect of our deeds extends to the remotest generations, a conception which, if vividly realised, ought to induce human beings to keep the strictest watch over their actions, the consequence of such actions being, for good or for evil, everlasting.”

“Whene’er a noble deed is wrought,
Whene’er is spoken a noble thought,
Our hearts in glad surprise
To higher levels rise;
The tidal wave of deeper souls
Into our inmost being rolls,
And lifts us unawares
Out of all meaner cares.”

LONGFELLOW

“No Life
Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife
And all life not be purer and stronger thereby.”

OWEN MEREDITH