Bountifully he gave to men; therefore, through innumerable orations, sermons, editorials and toasts, men vied with each other in giving praise and honor back to Peabody, the benefactor of the people.
Society, always sensitive to generosity, is equally sensitive to selfishness.

He who treats his fellows as so many clusters to be squeezed into his cup, who spoils the world for self aggrandizement, finds at last that he has burglarized his own soul.

Here is a man who says: "Come right, come wrong, I will get gain." Loving ease, he lashes himself to unceasing toil by day and night.

Needing rest on Sunday, he denies himself respite and scourges his jaded body and brain into new activities.

Every thought is a thread to be woven into a golden net.