I thought it a pity that some poor student did not live there, to profit by all that light, since he would not rob the mariner....... Think of fifteen Argand lamps to read the newspaper by! Government oil!--light enough, perchance, to read the Constitution by! I thought that he should read nothing less than his Bible by that lamp.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It was a heavy burden on the conscience to know that while you sat in Music 101, some contemporary--as "worthy" of a college educa...tion as you were, but one who had been denied the opportunity because he was poor, or black, or both--was getting his head blown off in Vietnam. Many students believed that such inequity was wrong, but couldn't bring themselves to redress it personally by refusing the student deferment. It's a dreadful combination: to act for self-protection yet at the same time to loathe oneself for acting that way.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am now quite lame, from scuffling, all my fingers stiffened by playing ball. Pretty business for a law student. Yes, pretty enou...gh; why not? Good exercise and great sport.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When the lamp is shattered, The light in the dust lies dead;... When the cloud is scattered, The rainbow's glory is shed; When the lute is broken, Sweet tones are remembered not; When the lips have spoken, Loved accents are soon forgot.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; when his lamp shone over my head, and by his lig...ht I walked through darkness; when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent; when the Almighty was still with me, when my children were around me; when my steps were washed with milk, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square, the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose up and stood...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the... same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully unti...l she finds it?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »