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JIMMY--"Yes'm, but I know it now. My father says he has always used
that as his motto in his business."
TEACHER--"Oh, how noble of him! And what is his business?"
JIMMY--"He's a prize-fighter, ma'am."--_Life_.
Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to
proportion His blessings to our alms.--_Beveridge_.
In this world, it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that
makes us rich.--_Beecher_.
GENIUS
WILLIE--"Paw, what is the difference between genius and talent?"
PAW--"Talent gets paid every Saturday, my son."
Time, place, and action, may with pains be wrought,
But genius must be born, and never can be taught.
--_Dryden_.
Who in the same given time can produce more than many others, has
vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce
what none else can, has genius.--_Lavater_.
And genius hath electric power,
Which earth can never tame;
Bright suns may scorch, and dark clouds lower--
Its flash is still the same.
--_Lydia M. Child_.
Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of
executing.--_Blair_.
GEOGRAPHY
Edgar, aged five, was driving from the station on his first visit to
Maine.
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