Thomas H. Benton born 1782. Johann Strauss born 1804. Victor Emmanuel born 1820. Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun; Both speed them to their source; So a soul that's born of God, Pants to view his glorious face, Upward tends to his abode, To rest in his embrace. --Robert Seagrave. As the bird trims her to the gale I trim myself to the storm of time; I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime; Lowly faithful, banish fear, The port well worth the cruise is near And every wave is charmed. --Ralph Waldo Emerson. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God. --Psalm 42. 1. My Father, I pray that if I meet with difficulty, I may not go backward, nor stand still, and fear to go forward. Unfold to me the depth and breadth of the ideal and beautiful, that I may not be content to succeed in the shallowness of life: but may I aspire to the height of the soul, even if I fail to acquire great things. Amen. MARCH FIFTEENTH Julius Caesar killed B.C. 44. Peasants War began 1512. Andrew Jackson, North Carolina, seventh President United States, born 1767. John Davenport died 1670. I will take the responsibility! --Andrew Jackson. What ought to be possible for everyone is to arrive at a sort of harmony of life, to have definite things that they want to do.... The people whom it is hard to fit into any scheme of benevolent creation are the vague, insignificant, drifting people, whose only rooted tendency is to do whatever is suggested to them. --Arthur C. Benson. Heard are the voices, Heard are the sages, The worlds, and the ages; Choose well! your choice is Brief and endless. --Goethe. Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law.... --Joshua 1. 7. Gracious Father, I pray that thou wilt free me from evil thoughts before they become a habit. Create in me that freedom which makes me not ashamed to acknowledge the wrong, and which will enable me to stand for the right. Quicken my thoughts, that they may keep my heart inspired. Amen. MARCH SIXTEENTH James Madison, Virginia, fourth President United States, born 1751. Caroline Lucretia Herschel born 1750. Alexander Watts born 1797. If we live truly we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong as it is for the weak to be weak. When we have new perception we shall gladly disburthen the memory of the hoarded treasures as old rubbish. When a man lives with God his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and the rustle of the corn. --Ralph Waldo Emerson. The tissue of the life to be, We weave with colors all our own, And in the field of Destiny We reap as we have sown. --Raphael.