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...again for a year, showing him the misery which his habits brought to his wife and children. He answered, "It is all very well for you to talk. Mr. Hale, who can take your glass of wine whenever you like. It is easy for you to tell a poor devil like me that I must not drink a glass of rum when I feel the need of it." I then told him that I would not touch wine again for a year if he would not, and the bargain was struck. The fact is that we find...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rev. E. E. Hale Speaks on Total Abstinence. | 10/23/1891 | See Source »

...path of duty, said the preacher, is the gate of Heaven. The vision that turns men aside from that path is a mirage of the devil. There are two kinds of religion, one heavy with the thoughts of self, the other strong with love. There are some who use christianity as a narcotic,- it gives sweet dreams and lovely visions. The world has no need of them. The religion that follows and listens to Christ, that has a desire to worship God and help man, is pure and undefilable. If we are willing to come down at the voice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Vesper Service. | 11/21/1890 | See Source »

...club called the Red Devil's Snow Shoe Club, has been organized at Exeter. The president is M. Gorham...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/11/1888 | See Source »

...followed it through the year can testify to its excellence. Mr. Hardy contributes the eleventh and twelfth chapters of "Passe Rose." Two articles, "Urbs Animae" and "A Flight in the Dark," signed only with initials, have an added zest from the mystery attaching. Louise Stockton offers a story "The Devil's Passage." Mr. W. R. Thayer's paper of "Garibaldi" is very interesting and exciting, Mr. Downes' fifth paper on "Boston Painters and Paintings," appears. The article which appeals most to Boston people is the one on their old favorite, William Warren, by Henry A. Clapp, the dramatic critic. Anything...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Atlantic Monthly. | 11/26/1888 | See Source »

...matter of individual judgment alone to which one he gives his adherence. They both claim the same high ideals. But Harvard College stands for something more than whether Grover Cleveland has maintained his party pledges or whether Free Trade was sent to the earth by a devil to a snare to England and the United States. It is true that Harvard has been always for the best for the country and it is equally true as Mr. Lodge stated, her shield bore these matters and not one of them was a special invitation to either political party. It would hardly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 11/6/1888 | See Source »

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