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Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
had been gratified , and his expensive habits borne with , —of the invariable gentleness with which the deceased rebuked , and the eagerness with which he praised;—and with these he contrasted Rupert ' s levity , heartlessness , ingratitude , and avarice . It was a melancholhotu *; and more than once the
y exclamation rose to his lip , "If so selfish in youth , what will he be in age ?" But that secretaire , crowded with papers , must be examined ; and those huge packets of letters must be sorted , classed , and perhaps , to a vast extent , destroyed : and witli a sigh Philip seized the lightest and thinnest bundleand
, addressed himself weariedly to his task . That feeling speedily gave place to eagerness and admiration . The packet was made up exclusively of letters from various individuals at different periods of Mr . Morshead ' s career , thanking him for patronage , pecuniary help , successful intervention , and availing influence , exerted in their behalf
during the hour of need . It was a marvellous testimony to the unwearied and life-long benevolence of a most openhearted man . The blessings of the widow were there , and the manly acknowledgments of the orphan , and the prayers of the aged , and the buoyant and sanguine thanks of the young . Few seemed to have applied to him in vain .
Around the packet was a broad label , with these words in pencil : — " The preservation of such letters seems to savour strongly of vanity ; but I leave them , that my children may see that self was not always uppermost in my thoughts . I assume no credit , covet no posthumous praises : Masonry taught me never to witness sorrow without endeavouring to
relieve it . That I have been able occasionally to do so , all praise be to the Most High !" This comment opened up a long train of thought in the mind of the excited reader ; and at last issued in this conclusion : — " That can be no unholy bond which prompts and ripens
such noble fruits . If life be spared me , I will join the Fraternity !" V . It was with a feeling of indefinable uneasiness , that Philip
on the following morning , looked forward to an exchange of VOL . in . 2 x
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
had been gratified , and his expensive habits borne with , —of the invariable gentleness with which the deceased rebuked , and the eagerness with which he praised;—and with these he contrasted Rupert ' s levity , heartlessness , ingratitude , and avarice . It was a melancholhotu *; and more than once the
y exclamation rose to his lip , "If so selfish in youth , what will he be in age ?" But that secretaire , crowded with papers , must be examined ; and those huge packets of letters must be sorted , classed , and perhaps , to a vast extent , destroyed : and witli a sigh Philip seized the lightest and thinnest bundleand
, addressed himself weariedly to his task . That feeling speedily gave place to eagerness and admiration . The packet was made up exclusively of letters from various individuals at different periods of Mr . Morshead ' s career , thanking him for patronage , pecuniary help , successful intervention , and availing influence , exerted in their behalf
during the hour of need . It was a marvellous testimony to the unwearied and life-long benevolence of a most openhearted man . The blessings of the widow were there , and the manly acknowledgments of the orphan , and the prayers of the aged , and the buoyant and sanguine thanks of the young . Few seemed to have applied to him in vain .
Around the packet was a broad label , with these words in pencil : — " The preservation of such letters seems to savour strongly of vanity ; but I leave them , that my children may see that self was not always uppermost in my thoughts . I assume no credit , covet no posthumous praises : Masonry taught me never to witness sorrow without endeavouring to
relieve it . That I have been able occasionally to do so , all praise be to the Most High !" This comment opened up a long train of thought in the mind of the excited reader ; and at last issued in this conclusion : — " That can be no unholy bond which prompts and ripens
such noble fruits . If life be spared me , I will join the Fraternity !" V . It was with a feeling of indefinable uneasiness , that Philip
on the following morning , looked forward to an exchange of VOL . in . 2 x