Leaves in the Wind
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Gardiner Alfred George. Leaves in the Wind
A FELLOW TRAVELLER
ON A FAMOUS SERMON
ON POCKETS AND THINGS
ON A COUNTRY PLATFORM
ON A DISTANT VIEW OF A PIG
IN DEFENCE OF IGNORANCE
ON A SHINY NIGHT
ON GIVING UP TOBACCO
THE GREAT GOD GUN
ON A LEGEND OF THE WAR
ON TALK AND TALKERS
ON A VISION OF EDEN
ON A COMIC GENIUS
ON A VANISHED GARDEN
ALL ABOUT A DOG
ON THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
'APPY 'EINRICH
ON FEAR
ON BEING CALLED THOMPSON
ON THINKING FOR ONE'S SELF
ON SAWING WOOD
VARIATIONS ON AN OLD THEME
I
II
III
IV
ON CLOTHES
THE DUEL THAT FAILED
ON EARLY RISING
ON BEING KNOWN
ON A MAP OF THE OBERLAND
ON A TALK IN A BUS
ON VIRTUES THAT DON'T COUNT
ON HATE AND THE SOLDIER
ON TAKING THE CALL
A DITHYRAMB ON A DOG
ON HAPPY FACES IN THE STRAND
ON WORD-MAGIC
ODIN GROWN OLD
ON A SMILE IN A SHAVING GLASS
ON THE RULE OF THE ROAD
ON THE INDIFFERENCE OF NATURE
IF JEREMY CAME BACK
ON SLEEP AND THOUGHT
ON MOWING
Отрывок из книги
I see that Queen Alexandra has made a further distribution among charities of the profits from the sale of the late Canon Fleming's sermon, "On Recognition in Eternity." The sermon was preached on the occasion of the death of the Duke of Clarence, and judging from its popularity I have no doubt it is a good sermon. But I am tempted to write on the subject by a mischievous thought suggested by the authorship of this famous sermon. There is no idea which makes so universal an appeal to the deepest instincts of humanity as the idea that when we awake from the dream of life we shall pass into the companionship of those who have shared and lightened our pilgrimage here. The intellect may dismiss the idea as unscientific, but, as Newman says, the finite can tell us nothing about the infinite Creator, and the Quaker poet's serene assurance —
defies all the buffetings of reason.
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Over the wooden bridge that connects the two platforms comes a solitary soldier, laden with his belongings. He has come in from some other village by the local train. He flings himself down on the form and stares gloomily at the elms and the cornfield and the sunshine. A comfortable-looking, elderly man, who has a copy of the London Corn Circular in his hand, turns to him with that amiable desire to be friendly which elderly people have in the presence of soldiers.
"And how long have you been out at the war, sonny?" he asks, much as he might ask how long holiday he had had.
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