In all ages entering into holy souls, she (Wisdom) maketh them friends of God, and prophets. --
                                      Wisdom of Solomon vii.27

    Meanwhile with every son and saint of Thine
          Along the glorious line,
    Sitting by turns beneath Thy sacred feet
          We'll hold communion sweet,
    Know them by look and voice, and thank them all
          For helping us in thrall,
    For words of hope, and bright examples given
  To show through moonless skies that there is light in
          heaven.
                                                      J. Keble


IF we cannot live at once and alone with Him, we may at lease live with those who have lived with Him; and find, in our admiring love for their purity, their truth, their goodness, and intercession with His pity on our behalf.  To study the lives, to meditate the sorrows, to commune with the thoughts, of the great and holy men and women of this rich world, is a sacred discipline, which deserves at least to rank as the forecourt of the temple of true worship, and may train the tastes, ere we pass the very gate, of heaven.  We forfeit the chief source of dignity and sweetness in life, next to the direct communion with God,if we do not seek converse with the greater minds that have left their vestiges on the world.

                                                  J. Martineau

Do not think it wasted time to submit yourself to any influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling.

                                                  J. Ruskin