The Daily Dispatch: June 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Influence of smiles.

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Influence of smiles.

--A smile is indeed a thing of beauty. Whether living on the lips of glad-eye youth, or flickering on the dying features of worn out age, it holds its beauty civil. Whether making loveliness yet more winsome, or rendering ugliness less repulsive then it went, a smile yet holds its nature — yet it is beautiful, Magic lurks therein, and away the human heart as words never can — quickest its quiet pulse, or soothes and calms the hurried throb as they may need. And beneath the encouraging influence of one sweet, upholding smile, the heart itself may change the mood — may yield its mad intent, if not cast out forever its evil prompting and its dark properties. And so may the smiles of deri sadden beyond what the utmost words can be even as the smile of praise will spur humanity to great and noble dreads beyond the approach of all other promptings. Its silent power stoke in the heart, and heals some new made thrust, as sweetly and gently as falls the mysteric as new from heaven. And the smile of love! It beams in the mother's eyes as she seen beauty in her infant's face, and a silent laugh of unknown joy from her darling babe. It plays with stronger and more thrilling magic on the maiden's beauty on her heart's idea eye, and draws near to let its precious value between them. And it comes to the wife's band's fond case tells her since he first called her is the smile of feet to . Too seldom, heavy Too seldom

The Daily Dispatch: June 12, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 5 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 12, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Influence of smiles.