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 There is no field where I may sow my seed Beyond the reach of evening's setting sun. If to this soil to-day I pay no heed, The future's fertile fields may ne'er be sown.

The age of iron, of bronze, they are not now, The bright-gemmed present is my golden age, In which I think and live and love and do What deeds are worth life's brave and noble wage.

And finding in to-day my age of gold To-morrow glows with promise and delight, As if the happy isles oft dreamed of old Were dawning now upon my blissful sight. (Text.)

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Golden Rule, The—See ;.

Good and Evil—See.

GOOD DISPLACING EVIL

The headquarters of the George Yard Missions, London, are pitched on an extinct volcano; the main block being built on the site of an ancient distillery, and the shelter on the ground formerly occupied by the infamous "Black Horse"—that rendezvous of highwaymen, robbers, and murderers.—, "The Miracles of Missions."

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GOOD, FAITH IN

In the following verse Eugene Lee-Hamilton shows the result of losing faith in the good:

There is a tale of Faustus—that one day, Lucretia, the Venetian, then his love, Had, while he slept, the rashness to remove His magic ring, when fair as god he lay; And that a sudden horrible decay O'erspread his face; a hundred wrinkles wove Their network on his cheek; while she above His slumber crouched, and watched him shrivel away.

There is upon Life's hand a magic ring— The ring of Faith-in-Good, Life's gold of gold; Remove it not, lest all Life's charm take wing; Remove it not, lest straightway you behold Life's cheek fall in, and every earthly thing Grow all at once unutterably old.

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GOOD FOR EVIL

Mr. Lincoln took from his pocket a paper he had prepared in the case, which comprized eleven reasons why he should be appointed commissioner of the General Land Office. Among other things, Mr. Lincoln presented the fact that he had been a member of Congress from Illinois two years; that his location was in the West, where the Government lands were; that he was a native of the West, and had been reared under Western influences. He gave reasons why the appointment should be given to Illinois, and particularly to the southern part of the State. Major Wilcox says that he was forcibly struck by the clear, convincing, and methodical statement of Mr. Lincoln as contained in these eleven reasons why he should have the appointment. But it was given to his competitor, Mr. Justin Butterfield. After Mr. Lincoln became President, a member of Congress asked for an appointment in the army in behalf of a son of the same Justin Butterfield. When the application was presented, the President paused, and, after a moment's silence, said: "Mr. Justin Butterfield once obtained an appointment I very much wanted, and to which my friends thought I was fairly entitled; and I hardly ever felt so bad at any failure in my life. But I am glad of an opportunity of doing a service to his son." And he made an order for the commission. The son was General Dan Butterfield, afterward the dashing and efficient chief of staff of the Army of the Potomac. (Text.)—, "Everyday Life of Lincoln."

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GOOD, IMMORTALITY OF

Over one of the town-gates of ancient Warwick, in England, stands a home for old men, known as the Hospital of St. John. It was founded three centuries ago by the ambitious Earl of Leicester and Lord of Kenilworth Castle. That castle is now in ruins, and for his perfidy the name of the earl is a byword and a reproach; but this endowment, after long centuries, still remains living and beneficent, shining through the dark to show for future ages that

"So shines a good deed in a naughty world."

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