kindly act
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The elephant knows a friend,-- And well remembers, too, A kindly act, but ne'er forgets The teasing of a foe.
From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Mrs. E. P. Miller
Each kindly act is an acorn dropped In God's productive soil; Though you may not know, yet the tree shall grow And shelter the brows that toil.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge
—Burns A kindly act is a kernel sown, That will grow to a goodly tree, Shedding its fruit when time has flown, Down the gulf of eternity.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
"Yes, but I didn't know it then, and it was a kindly act on your part to reassure me."
From Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston
Eric Goodheart had once caught his father, “Bully Gudehart,” as he was called, in a moment of forgetfulness, doing a kindly act to a beggar at the door.
From The Dreamers A Club by John Kendrick Bangs
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