“Past dreams of bliss our lives contain, And slight the chords that still retain A heart estranged to joys again, To scenes by memory's silver chain Close-linked, and ever yet apart, That like the vine, whose tendrils young Around some fostering branch have clung, Grown with its growth, as tho' it sprung From one united heart.” HeartStillsDreamPastYoungJoyGrowthMemoriesUnitedOur LivesSceneChainsBlissBranchesSilverLinkedChordsVinesSprungFostering Author:Alan Cooper
“Although its growth may seem to have been slow, it is to be remembered that it is not a shrub, or plant, to shoot up in the summerand wither in the frosts. The Red Cross is a part of us--it has come to stay--and like the sturdy oak, its spreading branches shall yet encompass and shelter the relief of the nation.” MayHas BeensSeemsNationsGrowthRedCrossesPlantRememberedBranchesReliefShelterOaksFrostSturdyShrubsRed Cross Author:Clara Barton
“Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing; and in no instance is this more true than in that of the press. It has accordingly been decided, by the practice of the states, that it is better to leave a few of its noxious branches to their luxuriant growth, than, by pruning them away, to injure the vigor of those yielding the proper fruits.” StatesUseGrowthPracticeDegreesDecidedAbusePressesFruitInstanceBranchesInseparableVigorPruning Author:James Madison