Life. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Life


Life is probation: mortal man was made To solve the solemn problem—right or wrong. John Quincy Adams.—Written in an Autograph Album, Jan. 1, 1828.	1
Life, as we call it, is nothing but the edge of the boundless ocean of existence where it comes on soundings. Holmes.—The Professor at the Breakfast Table, Chap. V.	2
I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke and found that life was Duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on, poor heart, unceasingly; And thou shalt find thy dream to be A truth and noonday light to thee. Ellen Sturgis Hooper.—Life a Duty.	3
Life? ’Tis the story of love and troubles, Of troubles and love, that travel together The round world through. Joaquin Miller.—Life.	4
Men’s lives, like oceans, change In shifting tides, and ebb from either shore Till the strong planet draws them on once more. Stedman.—The Blameless Prince, Stanza 59.	5
The life that I aspire to live No man proposeth me; Only the promise of my heart Wears its emblazonry. Henry D. Thoreau.—“The Dial,” Oct. 1842.	6