He who would secure any worldly advantage must be willing to work vigorously for it, and he would be foolish indeed who, waiting with folded hands, expected it to come to him for the mere asking.

June 28th he declined to sign a memorial asking for the interment of Mr Spottiswoode in Westminster Abbey, stating as his reason, "I take it, that interment possessing such a public character is a public recognition of benefits, political, literary, or philosophical, whose effects will be great and durable.

And it was then that she began to learn that prayer is not only a passive asking, but the eager straining of every nerve towards fulfilment.

"I suppose it is quite useless asking to see him?" "Quite.