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Word: vines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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...greatly chagrined at the result. You wish to give the charge intrusted you a Christian character? By all means; there is abundant room for such. But do not persuade yourselves that it can be made strong enough to endure the battle of life, by training it like the young vine, shielding it from every temptation and every danger. When temptation and danger do come in early manhood, sudden and powerful as they will, self-reliance and a knowledge of good and evil must be present or the structure, so carefully reared, falls. I cannot blame the man who breaks anti...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THOUGHTS ABOUT FRESHMEN. | 10/10/1873 | See Source »

Reared o'er the turf a simple vine-wreathed cross...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN INDIAN LEGEND. | 6/13/1873 | See Source »

Best fruitage of the vine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 6/13/1873 | See Source »

...clusters of the vine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DREAMS. | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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