The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . todians simply of this gem divine. Wheneer our bond is due we may not fail To meet this valid claim, this just entrail. Such is the law of the Creative Power To have, to hold, to add to spirit dower. The evening shadows fall in yonder vale, The song is sung, thus ends the dreamers tale. Whateer of truth may mingle in his dream Is but one straw caught from the flowing stream, Whose current glides to the Eternal Whole. Man in his folly fills a shallow bowl, And cries, Behold the sea. behold the sea, Its bounds, its dept
The Granite monthly : a magazine of literature, history and state progress . todians simply of this gem divine. Wheneer our bond is due we may not fail To meet this valid claim, this just entrail. Such is the law of the Creative Power To have, to hold, to add to spirit dower. The evening shadows fall in yonder vale, The song is sung, thus ends the dreamers tale. Whateer of truth may mingle in his dream Is but one straw caught from the flowing stream, Whose current glides to the Eternal Whole. Man in his folly fills a shallow bowl, And cries, Behold the sea. behold the sea, Its bounds, its depths were formed alone for me. Poor fool an atom only in the plan. An unused mote of Stardust labeled Man. hydm F©wl®sr W&dJleigih By Ella M. Powen Who was she? One of NewHampshires most noble, high-souledwomen who gave her life work to thecause of education. The first highschool for girls in New York City, theNormal College and the largest highschool for girls in the world today arememorials to the efforts of this re-markable woman. These were my thoughts as I rested. Lydij. Fowler Wadleigh one day in an unusually inviting andattractive spot in the Normal Collegeof New York City. I sat there forrest and quiet. I was in the Wad-leigh Memorial Alcove, which is fullof fascination and reverence. Sur-rounded by elegant fittings, and, bestof all, with well-filled shelves of rareand valuable books, pedagogical andethical, I again saw the face of MissWadleigh inspiring every girl whocame under her influence. The richly stained glass panel of laureland palm seem but emblematic of herwide influence, which extended ? overthe land of the laurel in the Northand the land of the palm in the looked upon the door and read MissWadleighs favorite motto from Vir-gil, Haec dim m-eminisse this unique and handsome en-trance door is a bust of Miss Wad-leigh in alto-relievo. The kindly, in-tellectual, dignified countenanceseems still to say to her girls, Bepure, be good, be true
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