Love thou thy land, with love far-brought From out the storied Past, and used Within the Present, but transfused Thro' future time by power of thought. --TENNYSON For as long as conquest holds the earth, Or commerce sweeps the sea, By orient jungle or western plain Will the Saxon spirit be; And whatever the people that dwell beneath, Or whatever the alien tongue, Over the freedom and peace of the world Is the flag of England flung. --W. W. CAMPBELL Of old sat Freedom on the heights, The thunders breaking at her feet; Above her shook the starry lights; She heard the torrents meet. Her open eyes desire the truth. The wisdom of a thousand years Is in them. May perpetual youth Keep dry their light from tears. --TENNYSON If I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face; If beams from happy, human eyes Have moved me not; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain-- Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take, And stab my spirit broad awake. --R. L. STEVENSON A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.--MILTON The book which makes a man think the most is the book which strikes the deepest root in his memory and understanding. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. --SHAKESPEARE No book is worth anything which is not worth _much_; nor is it serviceable until it has been read and re-read, and loved, and loved again; and marked, so that you can refer to the passages you want in it, as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in an armoury, or a housewife bring the spice she needs from her store. Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book.--RUSKIN Goodness moves in a larger sphere than justice. The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind, but kindness and beneficence should be extended to creatures of every species.--PLUTARCH