DECEMBER 



1729 



DECEMBER 



DECEMBER QUOTATIONS 



1. December drops no weak, relenting 



tear, 



By our fond summer sympathies en- 

 snared, 



Nor from the perfect circle of the year 



Can even winter's crystal gems be 



spared. Crunch. 



2. I hold it true with him who sings 

 To one clear note in divers tones 

 That men may rise on stepping-stones 

 Of their dead selves to higher things. 



Tennyson. 



3. Politeness has been well defined as be- 



nevolence in small things. 



Macaulay. 



4. Literature is the thought of thinking 



souls. Carlyle. 



5. Blow, blow, thou winter wind, 

 Thou are not so unkind 



As man's ingratitude : 

 Thy tooth is not so keen, 

 Because thou art not seen, 

 Although thy breath be rude. 



Shakespeare. 



6. Theirs not to reason why, 



Theirs but to do and die. Tennyson. 



1. The very perfection of manners is not 

 to think about yourself. Whately. 



8. All work, even cotton-spinning, is no- 



ble ; work is alone noble. Carlyle. 



9. Thousands at his bidding speed, 

 And post o'er land and ocean without 



rest ; 



They also serve who only stand and 

 wait. Milton. 



10. Our country is the world; our country- 



men are mankind. Garrison. 



11. The stars are glittering in the frosty 



sky, 



Numerous as pebbles on a broad sea- 

 coast. Heavysege. 



12. Nature does well whatever task she 



tries 



Because obedient there the secret lies. 



Smith. 



13. Good manners is the art of making 



those people easy with whom we con- 

 verse. Swift. 



14. The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast, 

 The joyless winter day, 



Let others fear ; to me more dear 

 Than all the pride of May. Burns. 



15. Obedience is better than sacrifice, and 



to hearken than the fat of rams. 



Psalms. 



16. Politeness is to do and say 



The kindest thing In the kindest way. 



17. I know not where his islands lift 

 Their f ronded palms in air ; 



I only know I cannot drift 

 Beyond his love and care. 



Whittier. 



18. When another speaks be attentive 



yourself and disturb not the audi- 

 ence. Washington. 



19. A moral, sensible and well-bred man 

 Will not .affront me, and no other can. 



Cowper. 



20. The soldier who executes his captain's 



commands is no less valuable than 

 the captain who gives the order. 



Cervantes. 



21. Wild was the sky ; the wintry sea 

 Moaned sadly on New England's 



strand, 



When first the thoughtful and the free, 

 Our fathers, trod the desert land. 



Bryant. 



22. Ay, call it holy ground, 



The soil where first they trod ; 



They left unstained what there they 



found 

 Freedom to worship God. Hemans. 



23. Obedience alone gives the right to com- 



mand. Emerson. 



24. But peaceful was the night 

 Wherein the Prince of light 



His reign of peace upon the earth be- 

 gan. Milton. 



25. I heard the bells on Christmas Day 

 Their old, familiar carols play, 

 And wild and sweet 



The words repeat 



Of peace on earth, good-will to men. 

 Longfellow. 



26. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of 



power, 

 And all that beauty, all that wealth 



e'er gave, 



Await alike the inevitable hour 

 The paths of glory lead but to the 



grave. Gray. 



27. Heap on more wood! the wind is 



chill ; 



But let it whistle as it will, 

 We'll keep our Christmas merry still. 



Scott. 



28. Let thy child's first lesson be obedi- 



ence, and the second will be what 

 thou wilt. Franklin. 



29. To the cold December heaven 

 Came the pale moon and the stars, 

 As the yellow sun was sinking 

 Behind the purple bars. Shanly. 



30. Cap in hand never harmed anyone. 



Italian Proverb. 



31. Good-bye, kind year; we walk no more 



together, 



But here in quiet happiness we part ; 

 And from thy wreath of faded fern 



and heather, 

 I take some sprays, and wear them on 



my heart. Doudney. 



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