Waiting for Something Better in a Moral Address
A mid 19th century tone essay urges women and men to pursue honest industry rather than waiting for wealth or social status. It contrasts idle waiting with virtue, duty, and temperance, with reflections on marriage, happiness, and self-improvement. The piece includes social commentary and vignette dialogues about fashion, vanity, and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutton
Brown
Tulton
Binith
Aiys
Braid
Raek
Natkeral
Turkey
Shell
Ima Bensis
Two Little Angels Waiting for Me in Crystal Seas
Fragmented text describes two little angels waiting in the Great Refiner’s bosom and beautiful banks of the crystal sea. It shifts to a medical note on sleep quality, stressing rest, fresh air, and avoiding narcotics for improved health and well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weill
Mark
de Saviour
Evermore
Crystal Sea
Ain
Ghitst
Blighted Hopes Inspire Youth to Persevere
An editorial piece reflects on blighted hopes as a common trial for youth. It urges resilience with the motto Never Despair and argues ambition, guidance from parents, and personal resolve can transform failure into character, fame, and national service despite early setbacks.
Radical counsel on affection and family warmth
The passage urges embracing warmth in family life, warning against distant, cold parenting. It emphasizes cherishing heartful affection, loving God and neighbors, and cultivating warm, devout domestic culture to bind families together.
Wealth, virtue, and honesty in wealth pursuit
A reflective piece condemns wealth acquired by dishonest means and urges stewardship for God's glory and communal aid. It contrasts charity with greed, notes the burden on rich and poor alike, and quips about a Milesian born on year’s end and Lucinda’s reflection on circumstance.
The Human Mind and Heart in Verse and Prose Reflections
An anthology passage explores the mind heart and soul as lofty, restless forces. It contrasts beauty mystery and heaven with sorrow and loss. It includes reflections on bereavement the loss of a wife and a Texan tale of missed opportunity and thrift.
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Nless
Tina
Chet
Maus R. Frances Evans
Papa
Jack
Grandpa
Heaven
Gage
the Angel Church
Rome
Billi
York
Wome
Lucinda
Texas
Joseph E. Johnson
Georgia
Hall
Journal of Health
Saratoga
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