Springs are being opened in the desert.

These great hearts have become "the shadow of a great rock in a weary land." The Russian reformer, novelist and philanthropist, had an experience that profoundly influenced his career.

Famine had wrought great suffering in Russia.

One day the good poet passed a beggar on the street corner.

Stretching out gaunt hands, with blue lips and watery eyes, the miserable creature asked an alms.