Category Archives: Honor

The Horror

I find a preacher of the gospel profaning the beautiful and prophetic ejaculation, commonly called “nunc dimittis,” made on the first presentation of our Saviour in the Temple, and applying it, with an inhuman and unnatural rapture, to the most … Continue reading

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The Homeless Europeans

Kent. Alack, bareheaded?   Gracious my lord, hard by here is a hovel;Some friendship will it lend you ‘gainst the tempest.Repose you there, whilst I to this hard houseMore harder than the stones whereof ’tis rais’d,Which even but now, demanding after you,Denied … Continue reading

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The Resurrection of Europe

A brilliant morning shines on the old city. Its antiquities and ruins are surpassingly beautiful, with the lusty ivy gleaming in the sun, and the rich trees waving in the balmy air. Changes of glorious light from moving boughs, songs … Continue reading

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Passion and Honor

We must have leaders. If none will undertake to lead us right, we shall find guides who will undertake to conduct us to shame and ruin. – Burke Letters on a Regicide Peace __________ Two opponents of the French Revolution, … Continue reading

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