Canadian Government Railways Employees Magazine, Volume 10

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Canadian National Railways., 1924
 

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Página 47 - God has lent us the earth for our life ; it is a great entail. It belongs as much to those who are to come after us, and whose names are already written in the book of creation, as to us ; and we have no right, by anything that we do or neglect, to involve them in unnecessary penalties, or deprive them of benefits which it was in our power to bequeath.
Página 46 - I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.
Página 51 - Peak. This magnificent mountain is of conical form, glacier-clothed, and rugged. When we first caught sight of it, a shroud of mist partially enveloped the summit...
Página 21 - The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, Of cabbages and kings; And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.
Página 15 - Don't grumble, don't bluster, don't dream, and don't shirk; Don't think of your worries, but think of your work. The worries will vanish, the work will be done : No man sees his shadow who faces the sun.
Página 46 - I THINK that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth's sweet flowing breast ; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair ; DAVE LILLY 331 Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain.
Página 55 - Carroches, coaches, jades, and Flanders mares, Do rob us of our shares, our wares, our fares : Against the ground, we stand and knock our heels, Whilst all our profit runs away on wheels...
Página 38 - TRAVEL The railroad track is miles away, And the day is loud with voices speaking, Yet there isn'ta train goes by all day But I hear its whistle shrieking. All night there isn'ta train goes by, Though the night is still for sleep and dreaming But I see its cinders red on the sky, And hear its engine steaming. My heart is warm with the friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing, Yet there isn'ta train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going.
Página 47 - A people without children would face a hopeless | future ; a country without trees is almost as hopeless ; forests which are so used that they cannot renew themselves will soon vanish, and with them all their benefits. A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood, and at the same time a reservoir of water.
Página 50 - When Soups and Gravies are kept from day to day in Hot weather they should be warmed up every day, and put into fresh-scalded tureens or pans, and placed in a cool cellar ; — in Temperate weather every other day may be enough.

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