...Union, and we may well believe that his loyal action was not unavailing in saving the Golden State. "Once, to every man and nation, comes the moment to...Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side." He chose the good, and, longing for active service, wrote to that effect, and was ordered to Washington,...

...you for your sweet compassion !" he said, hoarsely ; and then he told her. CHAPTEE XXX. THE ORACLE. "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to...Truth with Falsehood, for the good' or evil side. Then to side with Truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit,...

...step forward in life offers an opportunity which may be accepted or refused. Lowell truly says: — " Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each...bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, parts the sheep upon the right ; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and the light."...

...things plain which then were complex. It was He who gave you grace as a nation to decide aright ; for " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. In the strife of truth and falsehood for the good or evil side. Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom...

...step forward in life offers an opportunity which may be accepted or refused. Lowell truly says : — " Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats iipon the left band, parts the sheep upon the right ; And the choice goes by forever 'twist that darkness...

...opportunity which may be accepted or refused. Lowell truly says : — "Some great cause, God's new Messish, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, parts the sheep upon the right ; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and the light."...

...guide the policies of great States. Once, you wrote in the promising spring-time of your manhood, " Once to every man and Nation, Comes the moment to...truth with falsehood, For the good or evil side." Such a moment came to you ! On one side stood the memories of your aspiring youth, the impulses of...

...from all wrong." In the stress of that trying time it was so easy for the eager soul to feel that " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide....Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side." We learned, no one with more ready mind than Lowell, that not once, nor in any one moment could that...

...predicted by many, at last came suddenly upon the country without preparation. It has been said that "once to every man and nation comes the moment to...of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side." This supreme moment came then not only to the country, but to the citizen, whatever his station. General...

...like them, set forth in strongest language that a great change is possible to the spirit of man. " Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide,...Truth with Falsehood, For the good or evil side." By the decision of that moment a wonderful change is wrought, so great a change indeed that Jesus calls...