Readings for September 12 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw. "Life after Death" Original text: https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n271/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_255 Authors featured today: Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallam_Tennyson,_2nd_Baron_Tennyson Alfred, Lord Tennyson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%2C_Lord_Tennyson Anna Laetitia Barbauld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Laetitia_Barbauld Book featured today: "Alfred Lord Tennyson A Memoir By His Son" by Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson https://archive.org/search.php?query=Tennyson%20a%20Memoir Image: Portrait of poet Anna Laetitia Barbauld https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anna_Barbauld.gif

Readings for August 6 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw. "Friendship" Original text: https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n235/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_218 Authors featured today: May Kendall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Kendall Image: From "Faithful unto Death" by Sir Edward John Poynter, 1865, based on this event described in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "The Last Days of Pompeii" https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.261905/page/n455/mode/2up?q=the+roman+sentry "The air was now still for a few minutes: the lamp from the gate streamed out far and clear: the fugitives hurried on—they gained the gate—they passed by the Roman sentry; the lightning flashed over his livid face and polished helmet, but his stern features were composed even in their awe! He remained erect and motionless at his post. That hour itself had not animated the machine of the ruthless majesty of Rome into the reasoning and self-acting man. There he stood, amidst the crashing elements: he had not received the permission to desert his station and escape."