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Who lives to Nature rarely can be poor; 
Who lives to fancy never can be rich. 
— Young. 
Old age.* 
“Nobler than a ship ending a long voyage, and sublimer than the setting 
sun, is the old age of a just, and kind, and useful life.” 
*— Anon. 
OPPORTUNITY. 
The means that Heaven yields must be embrac’d, 
And not neglected; else, if Heaven would, 
And we will not, Heaven s offer we refuse— 
The proffer’d means of succor and redress. 
— Shakespeare. 
OPPOSITION. 
“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against 
the wind, and not with the wind; even a hard wind is better than none. No man 
ever worked his passage anywhere in a dead calm; let no man wax pale , therefore, 
because of opposition. Opposition is what he needs, and must have, to be good 
for anything; hardship is the native soil of manhood and self-reliance.” 
— Anon. 
Pain. 
Sad heart, be strong! The sun is shining still 
Behind the clouds that hide the fair, blue sky; 
We must not seek to know the reason why 
We suffer pain; the loving Father’s will, 
Through well or ill, without a doubt or sigh, 
We must accept as good for us, and best, 
For oh! sometimes. He tries us hard to test 
Our love and faith, but, He is ever nigh. 
—Henry Coyle. 
PARTING. 
Have not all pa,st human beings parted. 
And must not all the present one day part ? 
— Byron. 
•See, also, pages 114 and 115. 
