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These are the actions wrought, "hoping for nothing again", but which most surely have their reward. For surely it must be a wholesome contemplation to look on actions, the very essence of which is such entire absorption in others that self is forgotten the object of which is not to win promotion, wealth, or success, but simple duty, mercy, and lovingkindness. It is rather intended as a treasury for young people, where they may find minuter particulars than their abridged histories usually afford of the soul-stirring deeds that give life and glory to the record of events and where also other like actions, out of their ordinary course of reading, may be placed before them, in the trust that example may inspire the spirit of heroism and self-devotion. Therefore it may be feared that many of the events here detailed, or alluded to, may seem trite to those in search of novelty but it is not for such that the collection has been made. A Celebration of Women Writers A Book of Golden Deeds Of all Times and all Lands.Īs the most striking lines of poetry are the most hackneyed, because they have grown to be the common inheritance of all the world, so many of the most noble deeds that earth can show have become the best known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame.
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