Word: brightest
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...purity of his character, in the perfect unselfishness of his life, and in the simple faith and piety which kept pace with his knowledge and sanctified it for a noble use; that to us the lesson of his life is of especial value, as showing one of the brightest examples of courage and patience in the pursuit of truth, and an uncompromising devotion to that which his conscience dictated...
...great deal that is good, and others a great deal that is not good. But, be it good or bad in its execution, the influence of poetry which celebrates one noble act as a full atonement for a thousand crimes, and teaches, if it teaches anything, that virtue shines brightest in a setting of vice, can be nothing but injurious. We need not regret that the heroic-ruffian has lost his place in the popular heart...
...present state of things is a marked change from what it was two years ago. Then, it is true, the gas burned in the entries till only half past ten; but a full blaze could be got at any part of the night in the basements. Now the brightest light in many of the buildings is only a glimmer, that hardly serves to make the darkness visible...