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# Zinzendorff and Other Poems/The Rev. Legh Richmond, among the Ruins of Iona

THE REV. LEGH RICHMOND, AMONG THE RUINS OF IONA.
Where old Iona's ruins spread
 In shapeless fragments round,
And where the crown'd and mighty dead
 Repose in cells profound,
Where o'er Columba's buried towers
 The shrouding ivy steals,
And moans the owl from cloister'd bowers
 A holy Teacher kneels.
Rocks spring terrific to the sky,
 Rude seas in madness storm,
And grimly frowns on Fancy's eye
 The Druid's awful form,
With mutter'd curse and reeking blade,
 And visage stern with ire,
Yet 'mid that darkly blended shade
 Still bends the stranger sire.
He prays,—the father for his child,
 The distant and the dear,
And when yon abbey o'er the wild
 Upraised its arches drear,
When at high mass, or vesper-strain
 Rich voices fill'd the air,
From all that cowl'd and mitred train
 Rose there a purer prayer?
His name is on a simple scroll
 With holy ardor penn'd,
Which thrilling warns the sinner's soul
 To make his God a friend,
But when the strong archangel's breath
 Yon ancient vaults shall rend,
And starting from the dust of death
 These waken'd throngs ascend.
Meek saint! The boldest of the bold
 That sword or falchion drew,
Barons whose feudal glance control'd
 Vassal and monarch too,
Proud heroes of the tented field,
 Kings of a vaunted line,
May wish their blood-bought fame to yield
 For honors won like thine.
# Zinzendorff and Other Poems/The Test of Life

THE TEST OF LIFE.
Death is the test of life.—All else is vain.
The adulation of a fickle crowd,
Victory's proud pomp, and Glory's pageant train
Fleet like the tinting of yon summer cloud.
This Cæsar felt, in that tremendous hour
When the dire dagger search'd his breast so well,
When all unsated still his lust of power
Upbraiding man's ingratitude,—he fell.
Go,—spread of him of Macedon the tale
To the dull bacchanalian's vacant eye,— How he beneath whose frown the world grew pale,
Sank in the wine cup like, like a drowning fly.
For Sweden s madman, ask Pultowa's walls,
But pensive Memory in her treasure-cell,
The widow's wail and orphan's moan recalls
That lawless murderer's obsequies to swell.
How died Napoleon?—Ask Helena's rock,—
Ask the wild surge which with its hoariest crest
Was but a whisper to the earthquake shock
Of the vex'd passions warring in his breast.
And thus they died, whom blind and erring men
Like demi-gods have worshipp'd,—and their names
In liquid fire have flow'd from history's pen,
As baleful Etna o'er the concave flames.
Look to the friends of peace,—who never sought
The blood-stain'd laurel from its bed to tear,
But in stern toils, or bowers of studious thought
Still made the welfare of mankind their care.
See Howard, dauntless 'mid the dungeon-gloom,
Or latent poisons of a foreign sky,— Hear Addison while sinking to the tomb,
Exclaim in hope, "Behold a Christian die!"
Thou too, blest Raikes,—philanthropist divine,— Who all unconscious what thy hands had done,
Didst plant that germ whose glorious fruit shall shine
When from his throne doth fall yon darken'd sun,
The Sabbath-bell, the teacher's hallow'd lore,
The countless throng from childhood's snares set free,
Who in sweet strains the Sire of Heaven adore,
Shall point in solemn gratitude to thee.
Who was with Martyn when he breath'd his last,
A martyr pale on Asia's burning sod?
Who cheer'd his spirit as it onward past
From its frail house of clay?—The host of God.
Oh! ye who trust when earthly toils shall cease
To find a home in Heaven's unerring clime,
Drink deeper at the fountain-head of peace,
And cleanse your spirits for that world sublime.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Charger and the Miller

THE CHARGER AND THE MILLER
A HORSE, who had been used to carry his rider into battle, felt himself growing old and chose to work in a mill instead. He now no longer found himself stepping out proudly to the beating of the drums, but was compelled to slave away all day grinding the corn. Bewailing his hard lot, he said one day to the Miller, “Ah me! I was once a splendid war-horse, gaily caparisoned, and attended by a groom whose sole duty was to see to my wants. How different is my present ​condition! I wish I had never given up the battlefield for the mill.” The Miller replied with asperity, “It’s no use your regretting the past. Fortune has many ups and downs: you must just take them as they come.”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Cobbler Turned Doctor

THE COBBLER TURNED DOCTOR
A VERY unskilful Cobbler, finding himself unable to make a living at his trade, gave up mending boots and took to doctoring instead. He gave out that he had the secret of a universal antidote against all poisons, and acquired no small reputation, thanks to his talent for puffing himself. One day, however, he fell very ill; and the King of the country bethought him that he would test the value of his remedy. Calling, therefore, for a cup, he poured out a dose of the antidote, and, under pretence of mixing poison with it, added a little water, and commanded him to drink it. Terrified by the fear of being poisoned, the Cobbler confessed that he knew nothing about medicine, and that his antidote was worthless. Then the King summoned his subjects and addressed them as follows: “What folly could be greater than yours? Here is this Cobbler to whom no one will send his boots to be mended, and yet you have not hesitated to entrust him with your lives!”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Cat and the Mice

THE CAT AND THE MICE
THERE was once a house that was overrun with Mice. A Cat heard of this, and said to herself, “That’s the place for me,” and off she went and took up her quarters in the house, and caught the Mice one by one and ate them. At last the Mice could stand it no longer, and they determined to take to their holes and stay there. “That’s awkward,” said the Cat to herself: “the only thing to do is to coax them out by a trick.” So she considered a while, and then climbed up the wall and let herself hang down by her hind legs from a peg, and pretended to be dead. By and by a Mouse ​peeped out and saw the Cat hanging there. “Aha!” it cried, “you’re very clever, madam, no doubt: but you may turn yourself into a bag of meal hanging there, if you like, yet you won’t catch us coming anywhere near you.”
If you are wise you won’t be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Cock and the Jewel

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THE COCK AND THE JEWEL
A COCK, scratching the ground for something to eat, turned up a Jewel that had by chance been dropped there. “Ho!” said he, “a fine thing you are, no doubt, and, had your owner found you, great would his joy have been. But for me! give me a single grain of corn before all the jewels in the world.”
THE COCK AND THE JEWEL
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Crow and the Raven

THE CROW AND THE RAVEN
A CROW became very jealous of a Raven, because the latter was regarded by men as a bird of omen which foretold the future, and was accordingly held in great respect by them. She was very anxious to get the same sort of reputation herself; and, one day, seeing some travellers approaching, she flew on to a branch of a tree at the roadside and cawed as loud as she could. The travellers were in some dismay at the sound, for they feared it might be a bad omen; till one of them, spying the Crow, said to his companions, “It’s all right, my friends, we can go on without fear, for it’s only a crow and that means nothing.”
Those who pretend to be something they are not only make themselves ridiculous.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Crab and His Mother

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THE CRAB AND HIS MOTHER
AN Old Crab said to her son, “Why do you walk sideways like that, my son? You ought to walk straight.” The Young Crab replied, “Show me how, dear mother, and I’ll follow your example.” The Old Crab tried, but tried in vain, and then saw how foolish she had been to find fault with her child.
Example is better than precept.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Crab and the Fox

THE CRAB AND THE FOX
A CRAB once left the sea-shore and went and settled in a meadow some way inland, which looked very nice and green and seemed likely to be a good place to feed in. But a hungry Fox came along and spied the Crab and caught him. Just as he was going to be eaten up, the Crab said, “This is just what I deserve; for I had no business to leave my natural home by the sea and settle here as though I belonged to the land.”
Be content with your lot.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Crow and the Pitcher

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THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
A THIRSTY Crow found a Pitcher with some water in it, but so little was there that, try as she might, she could not reach it with her beak, and it seemed as though she would die of thirst within sight of the remedy. At last she hit upon a clever plan. She began dropping pebbles into the Pitcher, and with each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it reached the brim, and the knowing bird was enabled to quench her thirst.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Charcoal-burner and the Fuller

THE CHARCOAL-BURNER AND THE FULLER
THERE was once a Charcoal-burner who lived and worked by himself. A Fuller, however, happened to come and settle in the same neighbourhood; and the Charcoal-burner, having made his acquaintance and finding he was an agreeable sort of fellow, asked him if he would come and share his house: “We shall get to know one another better that way,” he said, “and, beside, our household expenses will be diminished.” The Fuller thanked him, but replied, “I couldn’t think of it, sir: why, everything I take such pains to whiten would be blackened in no time by your charcoal.”
# Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Clown and the Countryman

THE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMAN
A NOBLEMAN announced his intention of giving a public entertainment in the theatre, and offered splendid prizes to all who had any novelty to exhibit at the performance. The announcement attracted a crowd of conjurers, jugglers, and acrobats, and among the rest a Clown, very popular with the crowd, who let it be known that he was going to give an entirely new turn. When the day of the performance came, the theatre was filled from top to bottom some time before the entertainment began. Several performers exhibited their tricks, and then the popular favourite came on empty-handed and alone. At once there was a hush of expectation: and he, letting his head fall upon his breast, imitated the squeak of a pig to such perfection that the audience insisted on his producing the animal, which, they said, he must have somewhere concealed about his person. He, however, convinced them that there was no pig there, and then the applause was deafening. Among the spectators was a Countryman, who disparaged the Clown’s performance and announced that he would give a much superior exhibition of the same trick on the following day. Again the theatre was filled to overflowing, and again the Clown gave his imitation amidst the cheers of the crowd. The Countryman, meanwhile, before going on the stage, had secreted a young porker under his smock; and when the spectators derisively bade him do better if he could, he gave it a pinch in the ear and made it squeal loudly. But they all with ​one voice shouted out that the Clown’s imitation was much more true to life. Thereupon he produced the pig from under his smock and said sarcastically, “There, that shows what sort of judges you are!”
# Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Company

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Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Co., 333 U.S. 138 (1948), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the war powers of the United States Congress extend beyond the end of hostilities, allowing them to remedy problems caused by a war after it has ended. Warning: template has been deprecated.

## Concurring Opinion

    Jackson
United States Supreme Court
333 U.S. 138
Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Company
Argued: Feb. 6, 1948. --- Decided: Feb 16, 1948
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio.
Mr. Philip B. Perlman, Sol. Gen.,o f Washington, D.C., for appellant.
Mr. Paul S. Knight, of Cleveland, Ohio, for appellees.
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

## Notes

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# Woods v. City National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago

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United States Supreme Court
312 U.S. 262
Woods v. City National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago
Argued: Jan. 13, 1941. --- Decided: Feb 3, 1941
See 312 U.S. 715, 61 S.Ct. 736, 85 L.Ed. --.
Mr. Weightstill Woods, of Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.
Mr. Vincent O'Brien, of Chicago, Ill., for respondents.
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

## Notes

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# Woods v. Cloyd W. Miller Company/Concurrence Jackson

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Mr. Justice JACKSON, concurring.
I agree with the result in this case, but the arguments that have been addressed to us lead me to utter more explicit misgivings about war powers than the Court has done. The Government asserts no constitutional basis for this legislation other than this vague, undefined and undefinable 'war power.'
No one will question that this power is the most dangerous one to free government in the whole catalogue of powers. It usually is invoked in haste and excitement when calm legislative consideration of constitutional limitation is difficult. It is executed in a time of patriotic fervor that makes moderation unpopular. And, worst of all, it is interpreted by the Judges under the influence of the same passions and pressures. Always, as in this case, the Government urges hasty decision to forestall some emergency or serve some purpose and pleads that paralysis will result if its claims to power are denied or their confirmation delayed.
Particularly when the war power is invoked to do things to the liberties of people, or to their property or economy that only indirectly affect conduct of the war and do not relate to the a nagement of the war itself, the constitutional basis should be scrutinized with care.
I think we can hardly deny that the war power is as valid a ground for federal rent control now as it has been at any time. We still are technically in a state of war. I would not be willing to hold that war powers may be indefinitely prolonged merely by keeping legally alive a state of war that had in fact ended. I cannot accept the argument that war powers last as long as the effects and consequences of war for if so they are permanent-as permanent as the war debts. But I find no reason to conclude that we could find fairly that the present state of war is merely technical. We have armies abroad exercising our was power and have made no peace terms with our allies not to mention our principal enemies. I think the conclusion that the war power has been applicable during the lifetime of this legislation is unavoidable.
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# Woods in Winter

When winter winds are piercing chill,  And through the hawthorn blows the gale, With solemn feet I tread the hill,  That overbrows the lonely vale.
O'er the bare upland, and away  Through the long reach of desert woods, The embracing sunbeams chastely play,  And gladden these deep solitudes.
Where, twisted round the barren oak,  The summer vine in beauty clung, And summer winds the stillness broke,  The crystal icicle is hung.
Where, from their frozen urns, mute springs  Pour out the river's gradual tide, Shrilly the skater's iron rings,  And voices fill the woodland side.
Alas! how changed from the fair scene,  When birds sang out their mellow lay, And winds were soft, and woods were green,  And the song ceased not with the day!
But still wild music is abroad,  Pale, desert woods! within your crowd; And gathering winds, in hoarse accord,  Amid the vocal reeds pipe loud.
Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear  Has grown familiar with your song; I hear it in the opening year,  I listen, and it cheers me long.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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# 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Angra

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​ANGRA, or Angra do Heroismo (“Bay of Heroism,” a name given it in 1829, to commemorate its successful defence against the Miguelist party), the former capital of the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, and chief town of an administrative district, comprising the islands of Terceira, St George and Graciosa. Pop. (1900) 10,788. Angra is built on the south coast of Terceira in 38° 38′ N. and in 27° 13′ W. It is the headquarters of a military command, and the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop; its principal buildings are the cathedral, military college, arsenal and observatory. The harbour, now of little commercial or strategic importance, but formerly a celebrated naval station, is sheltered on the west and south-west by the promontory of Mt. Brazil; but it is inferior to the neighbouring ports of Ponta Delgada and Horta. The foreign trade is not large, and consists chiefly in the exportation of pineapples and other fruit. Angra served as a refuge for Queen Maria II. of Portugal from 1830 to 1833.
# 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Anguilla

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​ANGUILLA, or Snake, a small island in the British Indies, part of the presidency of St Kitts-Nevis, in the colony of the Leeward Islands. Pop. (1901) 3890, mostly negroes. It is situated in 18° 12′ N. and 63° 5′ W., about 60 m. N.W. of St Kitts, is 16 m. long and has an area of 35 sq. m. The destruction of trees by charcoal-burners has resulted in the almost complete deforestation of the island. Nearly all the land is in the hands of peasant proprietors, who cultivate sweet potatoes, peas, beans, corn, &c., and rear sheep and goats. Cattle, phosphate of lime and salt, manufactured from a lake in the interior, are the principal ​exports, the market for these being the neighbouring island of St Thomas.
# 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Angra Pequena

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​ANGRA PEQUENA, a bay in German South-West Africa, in 26° 38′ S., 15° E., discovered by Bartholomew Diaz in 1487. F. A. E. Lüderitz, of Bremen, established a trading station here in 1883, and his agent concluded treaties with the neighbouring chiefs, who ceded large tracts of country to the newcomers. On the 24th of April 1884 Lüderitz transferred his rights to the German imperial government, and on the following 7th of August a German protectorate over the district was proclaimed. (See Africa, § 5, and German South-West Africa.) Angra Pequena has been renamed by the Germans Lüderitz Bay, and the adjacent country is sometimes called Lüderitzland. The harbour is poor. At the head of the bay is a small town, whence a railway, begun in 1906, runs east in the direction of Bechuanaland. The surrounding country for many miles is absolute desert, except after rare but terrible thunderstorms, when the dry bed of the Little Fish river is suddenly filled with a turbulent stream, the water finding its way into the bay.
The islands off the coast of Angra Pequena, together with others north and south, were annexed to Great Britain in 1867 and added to Cape Colony in 1874. Seal Island and Penguin Island are in the bay; Ichaboe, Mercury, and Hollam’s Bird islands are to the north; Halifax, Long, Possession, Albatross, Pomona, Plumpudding, and Roastbeef islands are to the south. On these islands are guano deposits; the most valuable is on Ichaboe Island.
# 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Angulate

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​ANGULATE (Lat. angulus, an angle), shaped with corners or angles; an adjective used in botany and zoology for the shape of stems, leaves and wings.
# 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Angussola, Sophonisba

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​ANGUSSOLA or Angussciola, SOPHONISBA, Italian portrait painter of the latter half of the 16th century, was born at Cremona about 1535, and died at Palermo in 1626. In 1560, at the invitation of Philip II., she visited the court of Madrid, where her portraits elicited great commendation. Vandyck is said to have declared that he had derived more knowledge of the true principles of his art from her conversation than from any other source. She painted several fine portraits of herself, one of which is at Althorp. A few specimens of her painting are to be seen at Florence and Madrid. She had three sisters, who were also celebrated artists.
# 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Angoumois

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​ANGOUMOIS, an old province of France, nearly corresponding to-day to the department of Charente. Its capital was Angoulême.
See Essai d’une bibliothèque historique de l’Angoumois, by E. Castaigne (1845).
# 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Anguier, François and Michel

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​ANGUIER, FRANÇOIS (c. 1604–1669), and MICHEL (1612–1686), French sculptors, were two brothers, natives of Eu in Normandy. Their apprenticeship was served in the studio of Simon Guillain. The chief works of François are the monument to Cardinal de Bérulle, founder of the Carmelite order, in the chapel of the oratory at Paris, of which all but the bust has been destroyed, and the mausoleum of Henri II., last duc de Montmorency, at Moulins. To Michel are due the sculptures of the triumphal arch at the Porte St Denis, begun in 1674, to serve as a memorial for the conquests of Louis XIV. A marble group of the Nativity in the church of Val de Grâce was reckoned his masterpiece. From 1662 to 1667 he directed the progress of the sculpture and decoration in this church, and it was he who superintended the decoration of the apartments of Anne of Austria in the old Louvre. F. Fouquet also employed him for his château in Vaux.
See Henri Stein, Les frères Anguier (1889), with catalogue of works, and many references to original sources; Armand Sanson, Deux sculpteurs Normands: les frères Anguier (1889).