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Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
man was anxious that they should not abuse the first , or omit to follow up and improve the second . He coveted for them usefulness , and he dreaded for them sloth . His will was by his side ; he pointed to it and spoke to them calmly of the advantages and responsibility which his death woulcl open to them . He then signed to them a silent adieuand betook
, himself in solitude to his religious duties . But not then did the angel of death claim him . He waved his wings over the sufferer , but forbore to strike . Mr . Morshead rallied . " His composure , submission , patience , —they , humanly speaking , have saved him , " exclaimed his professional attendants . " A mind so admirablpoised as his—so
y , thoroughly acquiescent in the arrangements of Providence , arms medical remedies with tenfold power . His trusting confiding spirit , is his real doctor . " Patience ! thou rare and homely quality , what enduring medicament is thine !
III . If the young men had cherished any expectation that their father , during his short interval of convalescence , would once more recur to Masonry , and avow his deep conviction of its value , they were doomed to disappointment . Mr . Morshead never approached the subject again . The respite " so mercifully
granted *""—his own words are used—was " devoted to meditation on the mighty future and to preparation for its dread awards ! " and , if composure , submission , faith , and hope , fitly characterize such an hoxu-, the veteran Mason passed from earth not ill-prepared for his dreamless rest . The sons , the event affected variously . Philipthe man
, younger , shrunk from society , and indulged in many and earnest musings over the past . Rupert , the elder , courted gaiety ; talked of " the absurdity of grief , " and was all impatience for " the distribution of the property , " and for means of prosecuting a scheme of foreign travel . The first seemed to cherish whatever could recall the memory of his father the
; other bent on forgetting him with all convenient speed . They were together one morning , when searching in Mr . Morshead ' s secretaire for some paper that was needed , they lighted unexpectedly on a packet carefully and elaborately sealed , and in a feeble and trembling hand , thus inscribed : —
" For him , allied to me by blood , who values my memory , recollects my conversation , ancl heeds my opinions , however lightly ancl casually expressed . "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
man was anxious that they should not abuse the first , or omit to follow up and improve the second . He coveted for them usefulness , and he dreaded for them sloth . His will was by his side ; he pointed to it and spoke to them calmly of the advantages and responsibility which his death woulcl open to them . He then signed to them a silent adieuand betook
, himself in solitude to his religious duties . But not then did the angel of death claim him . He waved his wings over the sufferer , but forbore to strike . Mr . Morshead rallied . " His composure , submission , patience , —they , humanly speaking , have saved him , " exclaimed his professional attendants . " A mind so admirablpoised as his—so
y , thoroughly acquiescent in the arrangements of Providence , arms medical remedies with tenfold power . His trusting confiding spirit , is his real doctor . " Patience ! thou rare and homely quality , what enduring medicament is thine !
III . If the young men had cherished any expectation that their father , during his short interval of convalescence , would once more recur to Masonry , and avow his deep conviction of its value , they were doomed to disappointment . Mr . Morshead never approached the subject again . The respite " so mercifully
granted *""—his own words are used—was " devoted to meditation on the mighty future and to preparation for its dread awards ! " and , if composure , submission , faith , and hope , fitly characterize such an hoxu-, the veteran Mason passed from earth not ill-prepared for his dreamless rest . The sons , the event affected variously . Philipthe man
, younger , shrunk from society , and indulged in many and earnest musings over the past . Rupert , the elder , courted gaiety ; talked of " the absurdity of grief , " and was all impatience for " the distribution of the property , " and for means of prosecuting a scheme of foreign travel . The first seemed to cherish whatever could recall the memory of his father the
; other bent on forgetting him with all convenient speed . They were together one morning , when searching in Mr . Morshead ' s secretaire for some paper that was needed , they lighted unexpectedly on a packet carefully and elaborately sealed , and in a feeble and trembling hand , thus inscribed : —
" For him , allied to me by blood , who values my memory , recollects my conversation , ancl heeds my opinions , however lightly ancl casually expressed . "