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has done good. When, therefore, it is said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," it is not meant, thou shalt love him first and do him good in consequence of that love, but, thou shalt do good to thy neighbor; and this thy beneficence will engender in thee that love to mankind which is the fulness and consummation of the inclination to do good.--KANT.
The lessons of prudence have charms, And slighted, may lead to distress; But the man whom benevolence warms Is an angel who lives but to bless. --BLOOMFIELD.
Every virtue carries with it its own reward, but none in so distinguished and pre-eminent a degree as benevolence.
BIBLE.--The Bible begins gloriously with Paradise, the symbol of youth, and ends with the everlasting kingdom, with the holy city. The history of every man should be a Bible.--NOVALIS.
The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying.--FLAVEL.
Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read to doubt, or read to scorn. --SCOTT.
Like the needle to the North Pole, the Bible points to heaven. --R.B. NICHOL.
There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error: first, the volume of the Scriptures, which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power. --BACON.
Men cannot be well educated without the Bible. It ought, therefore, to hold the chief place in every situation of learning throughout Christendom; and I do not know of a higher service that could be rendered to this republic than the bringing about this desirable result.--DR. NUTT.
What is the Bible in your house? It is not the Old Testament, it is not the New Testament, it is not the gospel according to Matthew, or Mark, or Luke, or John; it is the Gospel according to William, it is the Gospel according to Mary, it is the Gospel according to Henry and James, it is the Gospel according to your name. You write your own Bible.--BEECHER.
A single book has saved me; but that book is not of human origin. Long had I despised it; long had I deemed it a class-book for the credulous and ignorant; until, having investigated the Gospel of Christ, with an ardent desire to ascertain its truth or falsity, its pages proffered to my inquiries the simplest knowledge of man and nature, and the simplest, and at the same time the most exalted system of moral ethics. Faith, hope and charity were enkindled in my bosom; and every advancing step strengthened me in the conviction that the morals of this book are as infinitely superior to human morals as its oracles are superior to human opinions.--M.L. BAUTIN.
Whence but from Heaven, could men unskill'd in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths? or how, or why Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie? --DRYDEN.
Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.--MILTON.
I will answer for it, the longer you read the Bible, the more you will like it; it will grow sweeter and sweeter; and the more you get into the spirit of it, the more you will get into the spirit of Christ. --ROMAINE.
It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter: it is all pure, all sincere, nothing too much, nothing wanting.--LOCKE.
A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district--all studied and appreciated as they merit--are the principal support of virtue, morality and civil liberty.--FRANKLIN.
Here there is milk for babes, whilst there is manna for angels; truth level with the mind of a peasant; truth soaring beyond the reach of a seraph.--REV. HUGH STOWELL.
It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it.--GOETHE.
BIGOTRY.--All looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.--POPE.
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.--CHAPIN.
A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes there is no virtue but on his own side.--ADDISON.
Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and in that man I will show you one who will never be admitted into heaven.--FELTHAM.
BIOGRAPHY.--The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.--SAMUEL SMILES.
Biography, especially the biography of the great and