ReportsT. Fisher Unwin, 1900 |
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Page 137 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.
Page 74 - That the father and grandfather, and the mother and grandmother, and the children of every poor, old, blind, lame and impotent person, or other poor person not able to work, being of sufficient ability shall at their own charges relieve and maintain every such poor person in that manner, and according to that rate as by the Justices of the Peace of that county where such sufficient persons dwell, or the greater number of them, at their general Quarter Sessions, shall be assessed...
Page 8 - What other end should we seek for these women, not only for their own sakes but for the sake of society, in whose interest they were imprisoned ? They must learn to do right because it is right ; to make a right decision when they are free to make a wrong one ; to stand steadfast when they are released from restraint and confronted with temptation. A prisoner who obeys because she is afraid to disobey, can be trusted as far as the arm of authority can reach, and no farther. One who obeys because...
Page 239 - The plume hunter had discovered the colony, and a few shattered nests were all that was left to tell of the once populous colony. The few surviving tenants, if there were any, had fled in terror to the recesses of wilder swamps. Wearily I descended from the tree, to find among the leaves and mould the crumbling bones of the slaughtered birds.
Page 239 - A few miles north of Waldo, in the flat pine region, our party came one day upon a little swamp, where we had been 135 told herons bred in numbers. Upon approaching the place, the screams of young birds reached our ears. The cause of this soon became apparent by the buzzing of green flies and the heaps of dead herons festering in the sun, with the back of each bird raw and bleeding. The smouldering embers of a camp-fire bore witness to the recent presence of the plume-hunter.
Page 127 - One love implied the other, for if a man loved not his brother, whom he had seen, how could he love God, whom he had not seen?
Page 12 - The good principle in the hearts of many abandoned persons may be compared to the few remaining sparks of a nearly extinguished fire. By means of the utmost care and attention, united with the most gentle treatment, these may yet be fanned into a flame; but under the operation of a rough and violent hand they will presently disappear and be lost forever.
Page 240 - Under a bunch of grass a dead heron was discovered, from whose back the plumes had not been torn. The ground was still moist with its blood, showing that death had not long before taken place. The dirt had been beaten smooth with its wings ; its neck was arched ; the feathers on its head were raised ; and its bill was buried in the blood-clotted feathers of its breast, where a gaping...
Page 161 - Union, which is affiliated with the National Council of Women of the United States, and which I have the honour to represent upon this platform.
Page 7 - Sober second thoughts will almost surely come to the most enraged and excited woman if she is given space to cool her brain and quiet her nerves. Even if circumstances require the infliction of punishment, it will be far more effective if the offender can be made to see the fault and to recognize the justice of the penalty. Criminals are not seldom dull and slow of intellect. They consider themselves the victims of a power which governs by force alone, and which has imprisoned them simply by virtue...