Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way by William Pittenger
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The Present Opportunity: We may lay in a stock of pleasures for use in memory, but they must be kept carefully to prevent mouldering. Philosophy: It may conquer past or present pain but toothache, while it lasts, laughs at philosophy. Our Noble Selves: Why not toast ourselves and praise ourselves since we have the best means of knowing all the good in ourselves? Charity: A link from the chain of gold that angels forge. Our Harvests: May the sunshine of plenty dispel the clouds of care. Virtue: May we have the wit to discover what is true and the fortitude to practice what is good. Our Firesides: Our heads may not be sharpened at colleges, but our hearts are graduates of the hearths. The True Medium: Give us good form, but not formality. The Excesses of Youth: They are heavy drafts upon old age, payable with compound interest about thirty years from date. The Best of Good Feeling: May we never feel want nor want feeling. Our Incomes: May we have a head to earn and hearts to spend. Forbearance: May we have keen wit, but never make a sword of our tongues to |
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