Duty and the burden of conscience in pursuit of duty
A reflection on Kant and Webster about the duties we owe to others, the omnipresent conscience, and the folly of dreaming without acting. It urges practical tasks at home over grand but unreachable aims, quoting Du Moulin and Browning to stress moral effort in daily life. It then discusses agricultural progress and the push for labor-saving machinery to improve yields without sacrificing fine seed beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kant
Daniel Webster
du Moulin
Africa
Johnson
Philadelphia Record
Conflicting account of Merrimac destruction at Hampton Roads
A Mount Vernon, New York officer on the Susquehanna refutes claims that the Monitor drove the Merrimac into the roads and asserts the Confederates destroyed the ironclad. He describes Lincoln’s Norfolk evacuation, the Merrimac’s move to Hampton Roads, and the explosion followed by Union ships advancing toward Norfolk.
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New York Sun
Troy Times
William L. Stone
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Hampton Roads
Susquehanna
Fort Monrose
Norfolk
Lincoln
Fort Monroe
Sewell’s Point
Navy Yard
Iren
You Are Master Of Your Destiny Says a Reader
The writer urges belief in personal responsibility over fatalism. With health through breathing, diet, and thought, industrious effort, gratitude, and self control, one can shape life, avoid harm, and shape a better world. End with a note on whole stamps and a postal notice and subscription appeal.
Easter Day News in Spring’s Quiet Rise
The poem describes spring awakening as messages from wind, grasses, streams, sun, and plants announcing Easter Day. Dandelions, jonquils, bluebirds, violets, and blossoms respond with bright, fresh gowns and opened blue eyes, signaling renewing skies and nature’s celebration in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonquil
The
Journal
Marian E. Baltuy
Making Luscious New Fruits From Garden Magic
The New York Herald notes experiments by Dr. Webber and colleagues on grafting that could let potatoes bear tomatoes above ground while tubers grow underground. It highlights giant cherry clusters, seedless grapes, and seedless bananas, plus efforts to produce thornless fruit plants and thorny varieties like the King orange. The piece mentions Florida bud selection to reduce thorns and recalls the navel orange as a freak of nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Florida
Backward Time Calls a Boyhood Refrain
A nostalgic verse laments lost boyhood joys from swimming and sunburn to woodpile games, milking cows, hens, pigs, measles, and the bliss of simpler days, begging Time to grant one more carefree chance.
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Anklam Mfg CO
Tatinla
Paneer
Oliver and South Bend
Tilghman Harvey
Burrsville, MD
Smith & Wright
Denton
T. W. Smith
Ridgely, MD
John W. Causey
Paes
WM. Denney
Sec’y and Treas
Kent County
Dover
Delaware
Ihn T. Carter, Jr
L. Irving Jones
Allent
Denton, Md
Greensboro, Md
Alex. Noble
Preston, Md
James T. Coop
Undertaker
Man
DL AL
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Home
New York
Planters’ Mutual
Washington County
Gilbert Hagapore
Maryland
Secents
I Hardware
Wright
Just
Shoes Shoes
India
Madras
Trading Stamp System
Winfield R. Wright
Law Building
Postoffice
Dulany Company
BEAST
Baltimore
Garter
Masonic Building
Browning
Mane
Post Office Department
Post Office
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