Word: dieingly
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...said there were few things that many people dread more than beggary. Each has his idea of what he wants, the loss of which would perhaps mean beggary to him, and he might suffer and die sooner than give it up. It is curious to think how true this is of every member of the hurrying crowds we see around us every day; each with his small function in the world, and each with his fear for something, the loss of which would mean beggary to him. "Be master of thyself" and no material loss can then mean anything...
...became impossible to hold it and they met death. Napolean afterwards said that the reason these men did not retreat was because they did not know their danger. These young men were determined. It was God for whom they fought, he gave the commands, for him they would die...
With Christianity came a softening influence, and though the war-like spirit did not for a long time die out, it took a milder course. Soon Northumbria took the lead in literature, and gave birth to one Caedmon, a monk in Whitby monastery, and the first true English poet. The other poets of this division of the Heptarchy were Aldhelm of Wessex, Bede, King Alfred and Cynewulf. Wessex took the lead in rose and produced King Alfred, St. Dunstan, and Abbots Wulfstan and Aelfric...
...examination in German IV on "Die Leiden des jungen Weathers" will come on December...
...established for the purpose of instructing but for worship of God. There are constantly two streams flowing from the human heart. It is not enough that a man should have a clean conscience, and a clean head; there is a hunger for Almighty God that must be satisfied. We die alone and for the most part live alone; a man's friends and even his love, no matter how strong, are both insufficient. We are incapable of expressing what is in our hearts, so, feeling that God must know everything, we simply fall down and worship...