Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart
Griefs upon griefs! Disappointments upon disappointments. What then? This is a gay, merry world notwithstanding.
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved - the Cross. Consider what calamities that engine of grief has produced!
