The subject was 'Aspirations of Man,' and the sermon was rich in thought and in word.
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Frothingham's discourse was more cheery than usual; he talked about the wonderful idea of personal immortality, and he said if it be a dream of the imagination let us worship the imagination.

He spoke of Mrs.
Child's book on 'Aspirations,' and I shall order it at once.

The only satire was such a sentence as this: on speaking of a piece of Egyptian sculpture he said, 'The gates of heaven opened to the good, not to the orthodox.' "To-day, Monday, I have been to a public school (a primary) and to Stewart's mansion.

I asked the majordomo to take us through the rooms on the lower floor, which he did.