From ce520fa68d3e8d00b1c9b8b1456e488f23a6be81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve Hay Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:37:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add 5.19.4 epigraph --- Porting/epigraphs.pod | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/Porting/epigraphs.pod b/Porting/epigraphs.pod index 63b6a9a..731682c 100644 --- a/Porting/epigraphs.pod +++ b/Porting/epigraphs.pod @@ -17,6 +17,32 @@ Consult your favorite dictionary for details. =head1 EPIGRAPHS +=head2 v5.19.4 - Washington Irving, "The Widow and Her Son" + +L + +=over + +There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood; +that softens the heart and brings it back to the feelings of infancy. +Who that has languished, even in advanced life, in sickness and +despondency — who that has pined on a weary bed in the neglect and +loneliness of a foreign land — but has thought on the mother "that +looked on his childhood," that smoothed his pillow and administered to +his helplessness. — Oh! there is an enduring tenderness in the love +of a mother to her son that transcends all other affections of the +heart. It is neither to be chilled by selfishness — nor daunted by +danger — nor weakened by worthlessness — nor stifled by ingratitude. +She will sacrifice every comfort to his convenience — she will +surrender every pleasure to his enjoyment — she will glory in his fame +and exult in his prosperity. And if misfortune overtake him he will +be the dearer to her from misfortune — and if disgrace settle upon his +name, she will still love and cherish him in spite of his disgrace — +and if all the world beside cast him off, she will be all the world to +him. + +=back + =head2 v5.19.3 - Andrew Hodges, "Alan Turing: The Enigma" L -- 2.7.4