Sowing and Reaping Morality Poem Comment
A verse in John Allen or Good Housekeeping style notes you reap what you sow and warns youth about the consequence of bad seeds. The piece juxtaposes industrious virtue with the folly of heedless actions, urging self discipline and moral growth.
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Helen A. Woods
Good Housekeeping
A Death Wish Intertwines with a Stranger in Melun
A narrator recounts a suicide attempt in a Melun hotel interrupted by a chance encounter with a stranger named Charles. The two swap stories of lost loves and fatal choices, revealing a shared history of passion and harm, prompting reflection on fate and timing.
From a lingering tale of fate and a forged coin tale
A narrator recalls existential talk with a friend over a breakfast after a near hanging, then shifts to notes on mint marks and private marks on coins from San Francisco Carson City and New Orleans. The piece closes with reflections on superstition observed at social dinners and a Philadelphia club anecdote.
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San Francisco
C. c
Carson City
New Orleans
Barber
St. Louis Republic
Boots and shoes key to military success say historians
The quotation asserts that footwear determined campaign outcomes, citing Marshal Saxe noting boots as essential and battles won by legs. It recalls the Duke of Wellington's remark that the best requisite for a soldier is a good pair of shoes, plus a spare pair of good soles.
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Saxe
Duke of Wellington
Only Once Lucky and Other Excerpts
A man recalls his single great stroke of luck when as an errand boy he recovered his employer’s money after two men fought over it. The piece contrasts this memory with reflections on luck, Darwinian ideas about earthworms, and anecdotes from politics and daily life, ending with light humor about schooling and behavior.
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Charles
Broadway
Simon
Tom
Harry
New York Herald
Darwin
Congress
Washington Post
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