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If the reader has any true perception of the rhythm and force of the Greek language, let him learn by heart the originals of the following aphorisms:—

1. Find time to pray without ceasing.
2. Every wound is not healed with the same remedy.
3. The times demand thee, as pilots the haven.
4. The crown is immortality.
5. Stand like a beaten anvil.
6. It is the part of a good athlete to be bruised and to prevail.
7. Consider the times: look for Him who is above time.
8. Slight not the menservants and the handmaids.
9. Let your stewardship define your work.
10. A Christian is not his own master, but waits upon God.

Reference: A. Cleveland Coxe's 1886 'Introductory Note to the Epistles of Ignatius' in ANF01: The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus.

Link: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.v.i.html

When eras die, their legacies
Are left to strange police.
Professors in New England guard
The glory that was Greece.

Reference: Clarence Day (1874-1935), Thoughts Without Words

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