...poets, who are unconscious of the influence to which their thoughts are due, declare that the drying up a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore ; and that, as another says, — " They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide,...

...act of the sister of charity above the highest of the warrior, when he declares that " The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore." Feeble, however, as has been the influence of orators and poets in impressing upon the public mind...

...he who will not wrong me when he may, Ho in the truly just. Cumberland. K. KINDNESS. The drying up a single tear, has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. Byron. Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love. Shakspeare. The true and noble way...

...deeds; and who despises fume, Will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it. Mallet, The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.— Byron. Walter 's love-sick for fame, — A haughty mistress! How this mad old world Reels to its burning grave,...

...fly from public sight; Domestic worth — that shuns too strong a light Loan LYTTLXTOH. The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. BYBOK. Woman may possess an equal share of the elements of greatness with man, but she has not an equal...

...frequent falls the grateful dew, For benefits the world ne'er knew. Seott's ¡larmion The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. Byron's Don Juan. And — not from piety but pride, Gives wealth to walls that never heard Of his own...

...years since, for purposes indicated in the foregoing extract. If, as Byron asserts, • " The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore," then most assuredly has Mr. Buchanan attained it. The following extract from a private letter from...

...GOOD is no good but if it be spend : God giveth good for none other end. , — Byron. THE drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore. , — Pope. TS there a variance ? enter but his door, Balk'd are the courts, and contest is no more....

...the worthy Mark Master realizes that "it is more blessed to give than to receive," that " The drying of a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore." The groat design which pervades all nature, and teaches us to reverence and adore the Supreme Architect...

...after the laurel wreath of victory shall have faded on the brow of the victorious warrior. " The drying of a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore." The soldier, " seeking the bubble reputation at the cannon's mouth," fought because the world looked...