The voyage of life. A journey from the cradle to the grave by [Louis S. L.] [from old catalog] & Van Dervoort J. Wesley [from old catalog] ed

Author:[Louis, S. L.] [from old catalog] & Van Dervoort, J. Wesley, [from old catalog] ed
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Conduct of life
Publisher: New York, Boston [etc.] Union publishing house; [etc., etc.]
Published: 1883-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

How much more powerful for good is the silent influence of a spotless example than the tumult of public life ? The silent teachings of a life of purity, the fond expression of the soul's affection, the mild reproof from eyes of tenderness and love ; what to these are the appeals of passion or argument—the fierce denunciation or passionate invective ?

Let no one then despair of exerting influence, because the power is not his to mould listening senates to his will, or hold multitudes entranced in spell-bound wonder at the lightning of his eloquence, for a mightier and a more lasting power may be his in the exertion of the silent influence of sympathy and example. The storm and the thunder are needed at times, but not more than the sunlight and the dew ; and in the hurry of our active life we should not forget the unassuming duties.

It is here, in the discharge of these duties, that woman shines in her greatest beauty. Unfitted for the stormy arena of public life, and for the use of outward power, it remains with her to win the hearts, and wielding but the weapons of sympathy and love, to rule

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