It used to be considered a tract in one's experience, and now it is perceived to be all of lifeits impetus, its central moving force, the reason for being, activity, development, for ethical conduct, and for unselfish and joyous helpfulness.

But there has never been one among them all who stood in an attitude of spiritual authority and helpfulness to my life.

For every stroke of human toil, the universe assigns a right rewarda reward, not of money only, but of peace of heart, joy, and the possibilities of helpfulness.

Could not friends work more together, so that one's daily work should be, not a time of separation from all we love most, but a time of intellectual sympathy and helpfulness, of companionship and true-hearted loyalty?

When, after she had them in use on the spinning jennies upstairs for a week, she came down bringing them for certain minute alterations, his attitude was one of friendly helpfulness.

Even now here in England one perceives an extraordinary pulling together and bracing up of the people, a development of solidarity and mutual helpfulness, a greater seriousness, and a disregarding of artificialities, which are all to the good.

The stakes are high, and if on the one hand the game calls forth an immense amount of resource, skill, alertness, self-control, endurance, courage, and even tenderness, helpfulness, and fidelity; on the other hand, it is liable to let loose pretty bad passions of vindictiveness and cruelty, as well as to lead to an awful accumulation of mental and physical suffering and of actual material loss.

If war has to continue yet for a time, there is still plenty of evidence to show that we can wresteven from its horrors and insanitiessome things that are "worth while," and among others the priceless jewel of human love and helpfulness.

Thou lovest him for his kindliness, his honesty, his helpfulness,for some good quality in him.

We may enact a Draconian code which shall maintain a sullen and revengeful order upon the seas, but all fellowship and mutual helpfulness are gone.

Her hands were very hard, so constant had been her dealing with the rough facts of this life; but the hard hand was firm in its clasp, and ready with its helpfulness.

His "News from Nowhere" pictures a communism that amounted in fact to little more than a system of private ownership of farms and trades without money or any buying and selling, in an atmosphere of geniality, generosity, and mutual helpfulness.

He makes no virtue of frankness, but much of kindly helpfulness and charity to the weak.

Lowell's was a generous, widely sympathizing nature, from which radiated love for humanity, and the broadest and most catholic helpfulness for every one who asked for his help, with a special fund for his friends.

She shopped and was called "Ma'am" by respectful, good-looking shopmen; she designed meals and copied out papers of notes with a rich sense of helpfulness.

[Footnote: Chapter XL.] Again, when Dorothea goes to see Rosamond to intercede in Dr. Lydgate's behalf with his wife, we have an expression of the sacredness of marriage, and the renunciation it demands of all that is opposed to its trust and helpfulness.

As a moral and social obligation, marriage is to be held sacred; its sacredness grows out of its profound human elements of helpfulness, nurture and emotional satisfaction, while its obligation rises from its primary social functions.

Mr. Kegan Paul also writes of the mutual helpfulness and harmony of purpose which grew out of this marriage.

Her realism is relieved, as in actual life, by love, helpfulness and pathos; by deep sorrow, sufferings patiently borne, and tender sympathy for others' woes.

But most of you had no other thought than that of pity and helpfulness, and with a little flame of faith in your hearts you bore the weight of bleeding men, and eased their pain when it was too intolerable.

The sermons have been chosen in some cases for their literary and rhetorical excellences, but in every case for their helpfulness in solving some of the problems of Christian living.

We are cheered, not only by the benevolences which are reporting themselves from the churches, but also by the kind words of sympathy and helpfulness which show us anew that this great and exigent work upon us was never nearer than now to the hearts of our pastors and churches.

His fidelity and helpfulness in the service of the A.M.A. are fully known only to those who were associated with him.

Its value also in promoting mutual helpfulness is by no means negligible.

If we would attain happiness, We must first attain helpfulness. But stay!