Journal of the Outdoor Life, Volume 15

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Journal of the Outdoor Life Publishing Company, 1918

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Page 115 - They do me wrong who say I come no more, When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day I stand outside your door And bid you wake and rise to fight and win. Wail not for precious chances passed away ! Weep not for golden ages on the wane! Each night I burn the records of the day — At sunrise every soul is born again!
Page 115 - Wail not for precious chances passed away, Weep not for golden ages on the wane; Each night I burn the records of the day, At sunrise every soul is born again. Laugh like a boy at splendors that have sped, To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb: My judgments seal the dead past with its dead, But never bind a moment yet to come. Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep, I lend my arm to all who say, "I can.
Page 115 - Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? Dost reel from righteous retribution's blow? Then turn from blotted archives of the past And find the future's pages white as snow. Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from thy spell! Art thou a sinner? Sins may be forgiven! Each morning gives thee wings to flee from Hell, Each night a star to guide thy feet to Heaven.
Page 66 - Also they are troubled with a disease in the mouth or throat which hath proved mortal to some in a very short time, Quinsies, and Imposthumations of the Almonds, with great distempers of cold.
Page 7 - Who early in the month of May, Took off his winter flannels." During the first warm days of early spring it is wise to remember the old saw, " Stick to your flannels till your flannels stick to you.
Page 27 - Booklet of Choice Recipes Sent Free WALTER BAKER & CO. LTD. Established 1780 DORCHESTER, MASS.
Page 94 - Because of progress in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis of all kinds, the decline in the tuberculosis death rate in recent years has been most pronounced, having fallen from 200.7 Per 100,000 in 1904 to 141.6 in 1916, a decrease of nearly 30 per cent.
Page 13 - The bacilli, lodged in these tubercles of which they cause the formation, are parasites, belonging to the lowest scale of vegetable life and must be considered as the specific cause of all tuberculous diseases. This parasite, so small that it can only be seen with the aid of a powerful microscope, not only gradually destroys the lung substance through ulcerative processes, but at the same time gives off certain poisonous substances called toxins which cause various, and often serious symptoms. In...
Page 32 - And not for justice ? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Page 42 - How poor are they that have not patience ! What wound did ever heal but by degrees ? Thou know'st we work by wit and not by witchcraft, And wit depends on dilatory time.

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