The Third Book of Reading Lessons (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Third Book of Reading LessonsAmong the moral and religlous ~p1eces ln prose and - poe try, the pupils of the Christian Schools will recognise the effusions of One whose voice once supplied the lessons now furnished by h1s writings, and whose living example im pressed the moral which h1s memory must illustrate for the future. The look of attention and the tone Of benevolence, in which these lessons were conveyed, will indeed be missed, but 'his spirit will still speak to the hearts of those over Whom be bent with more than parental solicitude.' In re calling the memory'of one who, for their sakes, forsook not only the first circle Of literary distinction, but the, more en dearing one Of kindred and of home, it will not fail also to convey the salutary truth, that the highest attainments Of the scholar may be still further exalted and ennobled by re ligion, that the lustre of genius never appears to such ad vantage as through the veil Of humility, and that the moral beauty of virtue itself acquires an additional charm, when exercised in. The cause of charity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.