rd ye may be in the tumult,
Red to your battle hilts;
Blow give blow in the foray,
Cunningly ride in the tilts.
But tenderly, unbeguiled--
Turn to a woman a woman's
Heart, and a child's to a child.

Test of the man if his worth be
In accord with the ultimate plan
That he be not, to his marring,
Always and utterly man.
That he may bring out of the tumult,
Fetter and undefiled,
To woman the heart of a woman--
To children the heart of a child.[1]

--O. Henry.

A man's concern is only whether in doing anything he is doing right
or wrong--acting the part of a good man or a bad.

--Plato.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings.

--Proverbs 28. 20.

Almighty God, I pray that I may seek sincerely those whom I approach
with sympathy, and by my honor may they feel the same sincerity for
me. Amen.

[Footnote 1: Special permission Cosmopolitan Magazine, New York.]

MAY SEVENTH

Correggio born 1494.

Robert Browning born 1812.

Johannes Brahms born 1833.

Lord Rosebery (Archibald Primrose) born 1847.

So, take and use thy work: amend what flaws may lurk,
What strain o' the stuff, what warpings past the aim!
My times be in Thy hand! perfect the cup as planned!
Let age approve of youth, and death complete the same!

--Robert Browning.

No matter how often defeated, you are born to victory. The reward of
a thing well done is to have done it.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson.

When I hear a young man spoken of as giving promise of high genius,
the first question I ask about him is always--Does he work?

--John Ruskin.

Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

--Matthew 5. 48.

O God, I pray that thou wilt search me, and in the silent moments show
me myself without obstruction. Breathe upon me thy awakening breath,
that I may be revived to nobler activities. Amen.

MAY EIGHTH

Rev. William Jay born 1769.

Francois Mignet born 1796.

Louis Gottschalk born 1829.

John Stuart Mill died 1873.

A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.

--John Stuart Mill.

A garden is a lonesome thing, God wot!
Rose plot,
Fringed pool,
Ferned grot--
The veriest school
Of peace; and yet the fool
Contends that God is not--
Not God! in the ga