The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . there!And the sunlight seems to me brighter farThan wheresoever else. I know the formsOf every tree and mountain, hill and dell;Its waters gurgle like a tongue I know—It is my home. —Frances K. Butler. jHE very word has a soothing cadence con-nected with its pronunciation. Home con-stitutes the magic circle within which theweary spirit finds refuge; it is the sacredasylum to which the careworn heart re-treats, to find rest. from the toils anddisquietud
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . there!And the sunlight seems to me brighter farThan wheresoever else. I know the formsOf every tree and mountain, hill and dell;Its waters gurgle like a tongue I know—It is my home. —Frances K. Butler. jHE very word has a soothing cadence con-nected with its pronunciation. Home con-stitutes the magic circle within which theweary spirit finds refuge; it is the sacredasylum to which the careworn heart re-treats, to find rest. from the toils anddisquietude of life It is a word which touches everyfiber of the soul, and strikes every chord of thehuman heart with its angelic fingers. Nothing butdeath can break its spell. What tender associationsare linked with home ! What pleasing images anddeep emotion it awakens ! It calls up the fondestmemories of life, and opens in our nature the purest,deepest, richest fount of consecrated thought andfeeling. Some years ago, about twenty thousand peoplegathered in the old Castle Garden, New York, tohear Jenny Lind sing, as no other songstress ever. 1 I
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