Edinburgh Under Sir Walter Scott

Chapter XIV. of _Castle Dangerous_--are fraught with the spirit of his

noble life--courage, truth, and steadfastness to endure--

'The way is long, my children, long and rough-- The moors are dreary, and the woods are dark; But he that creeps from cradle on to grave Unskilled save in the velvet course of fortune, Hath miss'd the discipline of noble hearts.'