New Year’s Chime Poem Reflections on Time and Hope
Poem laments the old year with tolling bells and worn hopes while urging a bright New Year. It speaks of sin, sorrow, and renewal, calling warders of bells to ring for spring and summer’s promise and for loving hearts and bountiful homes.
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Earth
Passing of the New Year 1896 on Time's coach
A reflective, nostalgic essay chronicles how New Years slip by faster with age. The narrator recalls childhood milestones, growing up, shaving first, and aging signs from hair to joints while bidding farewell to a 75 year old traveler and welcoming 1896 with hopeful resolve.
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Mary
Helen
Ueleu
Old January
January
September
Dolls Meadow
Old Graybeard
Goodby
Here
KE. Y. K
Franklin’s Time Lesson Over a Book Price Quarrel
A Philadelphia printer and bookseller story shows Benjamin Franklin teaching that time is too valuable to waste. A man haggled over a book price, Franklin raised from 125 to 150 dollars and then offered 150, noting he could have taken 125 but chose work over delays. The buyer paid, learning the message.
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Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Philadelphia
Sentiments of Famous Men Reflections on Character and Success
Quotes from Cooper Alcott Dickens Wesley Raleigh Evarts Hall Mill on effort attention and character. The collection links persistent activity, restraint from fretting, and shaping circumstances to achieve achievement through personal discipline and integrity.
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Peter Cooper
A. Bronson Alcott
Charles
Dickens
John Wesley
Walter Raleigh
William M. Evarts
John Hall
John Stuart Mill
Editorial Amenities and Poem Fee Debate
A fragmented editorial discusses poetry submission fees and the decline of a poem. The text references a sir and the notion of life as a poem and hints at dissatisfaction with the fee structure and rejection process.
New Year Mottoes Emphasize Hard Work and Opportunity
A 1896 era piece urges aspiring men to pursue constant effort and seize opportunities. It cites figures like Emerson and Edison, sharing maxims on diligence, will, and persistence while noting success includes character as well as wealth. The article compiles sayings from Marden and others to inspire continued mental toil and resolve.
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Orison Swett Marden
Garfield
America
Emerson
Austin Phelps
W. H. Burleigh
Geradini
Edison
Darwin
Charles H. Cramp
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American Press Association
Brother March
March
Jane
Hazard
Napoleon
Marden
Edward Irving
Russell Sage
Browning