Jason Elmer Hammond

“ And thus in the citidel of Time stands Man himself. In childhood, shaped of soft and delicate wood, just fallen from heaven; in manhood, a statue of bronze, commenorating struggle and victory; and, lastly, in the maturity of age, perfectly shaped in gold and ivory,—a miracle of art!—From Hyperion. ”

“ Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years.
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
We know what master laid thy keel.
What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel. ”

“ Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well.—From Hyperion.
If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.—From Kavanagh.
NATURE’S BOOK.
—Longfellow—“ The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz. ”
CHARITY.
The little I have seen of the world and know of the history of mankind, teaches me to look upon the errors of others in sorrow, not in anger. ”