...— " The primal duties shine aloft like stars," the beautiful words that follow are no less so : " The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers." There is no sphere so lowly, as there is none too lofty, to forbid the culture and the exercise of...

...deal herein with nice respt-cis. i And frustrate all the rest ! Believe it not: C32 The primal duties shine aloft — like stars; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are fcatttered at the feet of Man — like flowers." The generous inclination, the just rule, Kind wishes,...

...preeminent in these labors of love. Here the language of poctry becomes history — " The primal duties shine aloft like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are seattered at the feet of man like flowers." Religion and learning, churches and colleges, draw upon...

...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...

...enjoyment and utility. " Wisdom is ofttimcs nearer when we stoop Than when we soar." " 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*." Whatever the demerits of the ' Treatise on Human Nature,'...

...runs may read." Here are verses from which Wordsworth might have drawn his lines : " The primal duties shine aloft like stars, The charities that soothe,...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...

...and the Novelty of Life is in performing those Duties which lie nearest to us. " The primal duties shine aloft like stars The charities that soothe,...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...

...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...

...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...

...regular confusion ends. 1 ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE ATTAINABLE ar ALL. — Wordstaortk. The primal duties shine aloft, like stars ; The charities that soothe,...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...