Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume 6

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Page 106 - ... whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.
Page 106 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of ; whose intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order ; ready, like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind...
Page 49 - It is to be hoped that an effort will be made to harness the installment forces, the operation of which strongly contributes to the oscillatory character of American business.
Page 80 - ... shall on conviction before a justice of the peace, be liable to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or not less than one month's imprisonment in the county jail, nor more than two months
Page 80 - ... be brought before a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law...
Page 106 - ... to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of Nature and of the laws of her operations...
Page 54 - I believed the poets ; it is they Who utter wisdom from the central deep, And, listening to the inner flow of things, Speak to the age out of eternity.
Page 47 - IT is the unqualified result of all my experience with the sick, that second only to their need of fresh air is their need of light; that, after a close room, what hurts them most is a dark room. And that it is not only light but direct sun-light they want.
Page 38 - LITTLE thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked clown, Of thee from the hill-top looking down ; The heifer that lows in the upland farm, Far-heard, lows not thine ear to charm ; The sexton, tolling his bell at noon, Deems not that great Napoleon Stops his horse, and lists with delight, Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine height ; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbour's creed has lent.
Page 36 - That is found wandering and not having any home or settled place of abode, or proper guardianship, or visible means of subsistence.

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