During the Rev. Lowe's ministrations at Bethel he formed a Bible class, of which young Barnum was a member. They used to draw promiscuously from a hat a text of Scripture and write a composition on the text, which compositions were read after service in the afternoon to such of the congregation as remained to hear the exercises of the class. Once Barnum drew the text, Luke x. 42: "But one thing is needful; and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her." Question, "What is the one thing needful?" His answer was nearly as follows:英文原著 · 《Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum》
The Title of the poem [ Now! ] did not have the exclamation point
in the table of Contents. It has been added to match the text. The Title of the poem [ "97": The Fast Mail ] appeared as such
in the text, but as ["97:" The Fast Mail ] in the Contents. The latter was changed to match the text.英文原著 · 《Songs, Merry and Sad》
"No: our distrust for England has not its life and being in pernicious textbooks. To really believe that would be an insult to our intelligence-- even grudges cannot live without real food. Should England become helpless tomorrow, our animosity and distrust would die to-morrow, because we would know that she had it no longer in her power to injure us. Therein lies the feeling--the textbooks merely echo it....英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
Many years later than Mr. Sydney George Fisher's analysis of England under George III, Mr. Charles Altschul has made an examination and given an analysis of a great number of those school textbooks wherein our boys and girls have been and are still being taught a history of our Revolution in the distorted form that I have briefly summarized. His book was published in 1917, by the George H. Doran Company, New York, and is entitled The American Revolution in our School Textbooks. Here following are some of his discoveries:英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
We all three laid our heads together over the paper, and in breathless silence studied the effect of the round-text: William raising his green shade in the excitement of the moment, and actually disobeying the doctor's orders about not using his eyes, in the doctor's own presence! After a good long stare, we looked round solemnly in each other's faces and nodded. There was no doubt whatever on the subject after seeing the round-text. In one happy moment the doctor had hit on the right name.英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
The Absolute; the innominable [Greek text which cannot be reproduced] et Causa Sui, in whose transcendent I AM, as the Ground, IS whatever VERILY is:- the Triune God, by whose Word and Spirit, as the transcendent Cause, EXISTS whatever SUBSTANTIALLY exists:- God Almighty--Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, undivided, unconfounded, co- eternal. This class I designate by the word [Greek text which cannot be reproduced].英文原著 · 《Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit etc》
If I send you a text after, it's a real text.美剧 · 《Billions》
Yeah, who they called, texted, what they texted, when, where they were. Everything.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
When I read the text about your flight, I saw the text from Beth telling you not to come.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Your text said it was urgent, a-- My text said it was "Time sensitive." I have to get back to work before my lunch break is over.美剧 · 《The Good Doctor》