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White is for purity, red for valor, blue for justice. Thus the
bunting, stripes and stars together, make the flag of our
country--loved by all our hearts and upheld by all our hands.
SELECTION II
THE SHIP OF STATE
Thou, too, sail on, O ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity, with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
We know what Master laid thy keel,
What Workman wrought thy ribs of steel,
Who made each mast, and sail, and rope,
What anvils rang, what hammers beat,
In what forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
'Tis of the wave, and not the rock;
'Tis but the flapping of the sail,
And not a rent made by the gale.
In spite of rock and tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea.
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee;
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,
Are all with thee,--are all with thee.
_H. W. Longfellow_.
LESSON V
"PRESS ON"
This is a speech, brief, but full of inspiration, and opening the way
to all victory. The secret of Napoleon's career was this,--under all
difficulties and discouragements, "Press on." It solves the problem of
all heroes; it is the rule by which to weigh rightly all wonderful
successes and triumphal marches to fortune and genius. It should be
the motto of all, old and young, high and low, fortunate and
unfortunate, so called.
"Press on." Never despair; never be discouraged, however stormy the
heavens, however dark the way; however great the difficulties, and
repeated the failures, "Press on."
If fortune hath played false with thee today, do thou play true for
thyself to-morrow. If thy riches have taken wings and left thee, do
not weep thy life away; but be up and doing, and retrieve the loss by
new energies and action. If an unfortunate bargain has deranged thy
business, do not fold thy arms, and give up all as lost; but stir
thyself and work the more vigorously.
If those whom thou hast trusted have betrayed thee, do not be
discouraged, do not idly weep, but "_Press on_." Find others: or, what
is better, learn to live within thyself. Let the foolishness of
yesterday make thee wise to-day.
LESSON VI
RESIGNATION
Rabbi Meir, the great teacher, sat one Sabbath day in the school of the
holy law, and taught the people. The rabbi had two sons, who were
youths of great promise and well instructed in the law. On that
Sabbath day they both died.
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