. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . asted life since God senttHe plagues to Egypt, and all the wars since Joshua ! * Copyright, C. il. Hudgins & Co stood beyond Jericho. 0 my countrymen! lovingGod and humanity, do not bring this grand old cityagain under the dominion of that power. It canprofit no man by its return. It can uplift no industry,revive no interest, remedy no wrong. You knowthat it cannot. It comes to turn, and it shall profitmainly by the ruin of your sons and mine. It comesto mislead human souls and crush human heartsunder


. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . asted life since God senttHe plagues to Egypt, and all the wars since Joshua ! * Copyright, C. il. Hudgins & Co stood beyond Jericho. 0 my countrymen! lovingGod and humanity, do not bring this grand old cityagain under the dominion of that power. It canprofit no man by its return. It can uplift no industry,revive no interest, remedy no wrong. You knowthat it cannot. It comes to turn, and it shall profitmainly by the ruin of your sons and mine. It comesto mislead human souls and crush human heartsunder its rumbling wheels. It comes to bring gray-haired mothers down in shame and sorrow to theirgraves. It comes to turn the wifes love into despairand her pride into shame. It comes to still thelaughter on the lips of little children. It comes tostifle all the music of the home and fill it with silenceand desolation. It comes to ruin your body andmind, to wreck your home, and it knows that it mustmeasure its prosperity by the swiftness and certainty?with which it wreaks this work. ^ ^ \. FAMOUS WOMEN


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