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Leonardo da Vinci died 1519.

Robert Hall born 1764.

Jerome K. Jerome born 1859.

William Henry Hudson born 1862.

Without a false humility;
For this is love's nobility,--
Not to scatter bread and gold,
Goods and raiment bought and sold;
But to hold fast his simple sense,
And speak the speech of innocence,
And with hand and body and blood,
To make his bosom-counsel good.
He that feeds man serveth few;
He serves all who dares be true.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Small service is true service while it lasts:
Of humblest friends scorn not one:
The daisy, by the shadow it casts,
Protects the lingering dewdrop from the sun.

--William Wordsworth.

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot;
Yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt not fear.

--Job 11. 15.

Heavenly Father, I would be thankful for the blessings I am inclined
to forget. Give me a heart of gratitude, and forbid that I should hold
my friends for material gain or selfish ends. May I through the
truthfulness of my lips, and the honor of my acts, be a necessary
friend. Amen.

MAY THIRD

Niccolo Machiavelli born 1469.

Thomas Hood died 1845.

Jacob Riis born 1849.

The longing for ignoble things;
The strife for triumph more than truth;
The hardening of the heart that brings
Irreverence for the dreams of youth;

All these must first be trampled down
Beneath our feet, if we would gain
In the bright fields of fair renown
The right of eminent domain.

--John Keble.

One lesson, and only one, history may be said to repeat with
distinctness; that the world is built somehow on moral foundations;
that in the long run, it is well with the good; in the long run it
is ill with the wicked.

--James Anthony Froude.

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this
life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier. And if
also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have
contended lawfully.

--2 Timothy 2. 4, 5.

Gracious Father, may my heart be mindful of thee, that I may discover
the truth and possess it. Steady me in my affections and save me from
wandering impulses; and may I help to put wrong down and uplift
humanity. Amen.

MAY FOURTH

Frederick Edwin Church born 1826.

Isaac Barrow died 1677.

John Ja