The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . the Literature of the lan-guage what an ordinary Dictionary is to the Words ofthe language. . In conclusion, we would impress upon our readersthe duty of the zealous pursuit of those paths oflearning and science which lead to usefulness, happi-ness, and honor. Be not dismayed by the apparentlyunattractive character of much of the scenery throughwhich you must pass. Persevere ; and distaste willsoon yield to pleasure, and repugnance give place toenjoyment. An ever-present
The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . the Literature of the lan-guage what an ordinary Dictionary is to the Words ofthe language. . In conclusion, we would impress upon our readersthe duty of the zealous pursuit of those paths oflearning and science which lead to usefulness, happi-ness, and honor. Be not dismayed by the apparentlyunattractive character of much of the scenery throughwhich you must pass. Persevere ; and distaste willsoon yield to pleasure, and repugnance give place toenjoyment. An ever-present and influential sense ofthe importance of the goal will do wonders in over-coming the difficulties of the way. To those Israel- SAMUEL A USTIN ALLIBONE 369 ites whose hearts fainted for a sight of their belovedTemple, the sands of the desert and the perils of theroad presented no obstacles which their energy andtheir faith could not surmount. The arid Valley ofBaca to them became a well; for, in the beautifullanguage of the Psalmist, * the rain also filleth thepools.—Preface to Dictionary of English Vol. I.—24 ALLINGHAM, William, an Irish poet, bornin Ballyshannon, Ireland, in 1828; died 1889. Hebegan to contribute to literary periodicals at anearly age, and, removing to England, he was ap-pointed to a position in the customs. For severalyears he was editor of Erasers Magazine, in whichmany of his poems first appeared. Among theseis Lazvrence Bloomfield in Ireland, which containsnearly five thousand lines, and sketches the char-acteristic features of contemporar} Irish first volume of poems was published in was followed by Day and Night Songs (1854);Fifty Modern Poems (1865); and Songs, Poems, andBallads (1877), consisting of revised veisions ofmany pieces before published, with the additionof many new ones. His Lazvrence Bloomfield wasalso republished in a separate volume, in 1874 he was married to Helen Paterson (born in1848), an ar
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