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“I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.”

Book:THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

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THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

This book is a compilation of poetry that delves into a range of subjects, including nature, love, and introspection, showcasing the author's lyrical style and emotional depth. more

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J. G. Holland

J. G. Holland was an American novelist renowned for his inspirational and Christian-themed works. Born on July 24, 1819, he crafted stories that offered hope and inspiration to readers. His novels often reflected his deep Christian faith and his belief in the power of the human spirit. Holland passed away on October 12, 1881, leaving behind a legacy of influential literature. more

“Poet, forger of ideals, dreamer among the possibilities of life, prophet of the millenium, do you get impatient with the prosaic life around you -- the dulness, and the earthliness, and the brutishness of men? Fret not. Go forward into the realm which stretches before you; climb the highest mountain you can reach, and plant a cross there. The nations will come up to it some day. Work for immortality if you will; then wait for it. If your own age fail to recognize you, a coming age will not.”

Ifs Men Age Nations Waiting Failing Possibility Poet Mountain Highest Ideals Crosses Plant Come Up Immortality Realms Prophet Climbs Dreamer Impatient

Author:J. G. Holland

“I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.”

Sleep Violet Baths Wraps Repose Eyelids Vapor

Book:THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

Source: THE MARBLE PROPHECY AND OTHER POEMS.

“If there be one attribute of the Deity which astonishes me more than another, it is the attribute of patience. The Great Soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry. In the realm of nature, every thing has been wrought out in the august consciousness of infinite leisure; and I bless God for that geology which gives me a key to the patience in which the creative process was effected.”

Ifs Giving Has Beens Soul Universe Process Consciousness Creative Keys Give Me Infinite Realms Bless Attributes Leisure Creative Process Thrones Deities August Geology Great Souls

Author:J. G. Holland

“What do you think God gave you more wealth than is requisite to satisfy your rational wants for, when you look around and see how many are in absolute need of that which you do not need? Can you not take the hint?”

Thinking Want Needs Looks Wealth Absolutes Rational Hints

Author:J. G. Holland

“A life in any sphere that is the expression and outflow of an honest, earnest, loving heart, taking counsel only of God and itself, will be certain to be a life of beneficence in the best possible direction.”

Heart Certain Honest Expression Spheres Earnest Beneficence

Author:J. G. Holland

“So I take my life as I find it, as a life full of grand advantages that are linked indissolubly to my noblest happiness and my everlasting safety. I believe that Infinite Love ordained it, and that, if I bow willingly, tractably, and gladly to its discipline, my Father will take care of it.”

Ifs Believe Care Father I Believe Discipline Advantage Infinite Safety Take Care Bows Linked Everlasting Infinite Love

Author:J. G. Holland

“The moment we recognize God as supreme in power and infinitely good and loving toward all His intelligent creatures, that moment we admit the doctrine of universal and special providence.”

Moments Special Creatures Universal Intelligent Supreme Doctrine That Moment Providence

Author:J. G. Holland

“Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.”

Community Liberty Principles Security Doom

Book:Select Speeches of Kossuth

Source: Select Speeches of Kossuth

“I am a man of peace, God knows how I love peace; but I hope I shall never be such a coward as to mistake oppression for peace.”

Knows Men Peace Mistake Know How Oppression Coward God Knows

Book:Kossuth in New England: A Full Account of the Hungarian Governor's Visit to Massachusetts ; with Speeches, and the Addresses that Were Made to Him ...

Source: Kossuth in New England: A Full Account of the Hungarian Governor's Visit to Massachusetts ; with Speeches, and the Addresses that Were Made to Him ...

“Old age likes to dwell in the recollections of the past, and, mistaking, the speedy march of years, often is inclined to take the prudence of the winter time for a fat wisdom of, midsummer days. Manhood is bent to the passing cares of the passing moment, and holds so closely to his eyes the sheet of, "to-day," that it screens the "to-morrow" from his sight.”

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