The Strong Staff Broken, and the Beautiful Rod: A Discourse Delivered Before the Members of the Second Parish in Worchester, on the Occasion of the ... Who Died Oct, 2, 1852 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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Excerpt from The Strong Staff Broken, and the Beautiful Rod: A Discourse Delivered Before the Members of the Second Parish in Worchester, on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. John Waldo Lincoln, Who Died Oct, 2, 1852
Opened for every good work; but, lacking inward power, strength of will, purpose and principle, he accomplishes little or no good. He belongs to that harmless but inefficient class, of whom it may be said, if they have not guided the world's destinies, they have not added to the world's woes; by their cheer fulness and good nature, they may have added to its satisfactions.
But alone, neither of these qualities will suffice. There must be a union of energy and tenderness, the staff of strength and the rod of beauty, if we would accomplish any thing really permanent and good. They may be variously, and in different pro portions, combined: the one or the other may predo minate; but they must both enter into the composition of him who acts a part any way distinguished on the theatre of life. The clear mind and the strong will, the warm heart and the tender conscience, these are the elements that go to make the genuine man, whom we love and trust while he lives, and for whom we mourn when he is dead.
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