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Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

The time for renewed action was coming, and though our situation was grave enough, we were facing the future hopefully.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

But I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.

I, too, can work, and because I love to labor with my head and my hands, I am an optimist in spite of all.

Though my life is low, if my spirit looks upward habitually at an elevated angle, it is as it were redeemed.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Surely civilization is old enough, surely mankind is mature enough so that we ought in our own lifetime to find a way to permanent peace.

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

The world is beautiful because they have lived; without them, labouring humanity would perish.

Such a young person persistently believes that behind all suffering, behind sin and want, must lie redeeming magnanimity.

No one can pursue a worthy object steadily and persistently with all the powers of his mind, and yet make his life a failure.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Belief and love,--a believing love will relieve us of a vast load of care.

Such biographies increase a man's self-reliance by demonstrating what men can be, and what they can do; fortifying his hopes and elevating his aims in life.

These, then, are my last words to you: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

If you only care enough for a result, you will almost certainly attain it.

We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.

Teach them that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces.

Education, then, is the safest and richest investment possible to man.