n. Amen.

FEBRUARY TWELFTH

Dr. Cotton Mather born 1663.

Peter Cooper born 1791.

Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, sixteenth President United States, born 1809.

Robert Charles Darwin born 1809.

George Meredith born 1828.

With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the
right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish
the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds, ... to do all
which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among
ourselves and with all nations.

--Abraham Lincoln.

The great moral combat between human life and each human soul must
be single.... When a soul arms for battle she goes forth alone.

--Owen Meredith.

According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise
master builder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon.

--1 Corinthians 3. 10.

Almighty God, I thank thee for the courage that comes with a great
life. Help me to be brave, even if it is only that others may be
blest. May I lay a careful foundation and plan to build the best that
I can afford. Amen.

FEBRUARY THIRTEENTH

David Allan born 1744.

Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord born 1754.

Richard Wagner died 1883.

A man is not his hope, nor yet his despair, nor yet his past deed.
We know not yet what we have done; still less what we are doing.
Wait till evening, and other parts of our work will shine than we
had thought at noon, and we shall discover the real purport of our
toil.

--Henry D. Thoreau.

When you make a mistake don't look back at it long. Take the reason
of the thing into your mind, and look forward. Mistakes are lessons
of wisdom.... The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your
power.

--Hugh White.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing,
Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him.

--Psalm 126. 6.

My Father, help me to survey my life. Make me compassionate and
considerate, that I may be qualified to promote that which is helpful.
May I appreciate that what is worth keeping I can obtain from thee.
Amen.

FEBRUARY FOURTEENTH

Saint Valentine's Day.

Captain James Cook killed 1779.

Jean Ernest Reynaud born 1808.

Oh! little loveliest lady mine,
What shall I send for your valentine?
Summer and flowers are far away;
Gloomy old Wint