The Moral Compass

Chapters

• 1 Hush, Little Baby
• 2 Cradle Song
• 3 Sweet and Low
• 4 What Bradley Owed
• 5 Nails in the Post
• 6 Northwest Passage
• 7 The Hill
• 8 The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• 9 Beautiful
• 10 The Brownies
• 11 Mr. Nobody
• 12 The Tree That Was Lonesome
• 13 The Prince's Happy Heart
• 14 We Thank Thee
• 15 The Golden Windows
• 16 The Legend of the Christ Child
• 17 My Two Homes
• 18 The Matsuyama Mirror
• 19 The Apron String
• 20 Four Daughters
• 21 The New Leaves
• 22 The Night Wind
• 23 The Garden of the Frost Flowers
• 24 Joseph and His Brothers
• 25 The Place of Brotherhood
• 26 Three Things
• 27 Cornelia's Jewels
• 28 The Story of the First Diamonds
• 29 The Boy Who Kissed His Mother
• 30 About Angels
• 31 Appius
• 32 The Little Girl Who Dared
• 33 Dr. Johnson and His Father
• 34 The Wounded Pine Tree
• 35 A Father's Return
• 36 Simon's Father
• 37 Father
• 38 The Drover's Wife
• 39 A Worn Path
• 40 One, Two, Three
• 41 Teseus and the Stone
• 42 In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea
• 43 Christmas at Sea
• 44 The Hampshire Hill
• 45 We Are Seven
• 46 Prayer for Home and Family
• 47 How Five Little Angels Lost Thier Wings
• 48 Grandfather's Stork
• 49 Old Mother Webtoes
• 50 The Little Fish That Would Not Do As It Was Bid
• 51 Twenty Froggies
• 52 Going to School
• 53 In Adam's Fall
• 54 The Fox and the Cat
• 55 The Tongue and How to Use It
• 56 Words are Wonderful Things
• 57 The Talkative Tortoise
• 58 The Wise Old Owl
• 59 The Twelve Months
• 60 Rules of Behavior
• 61 How the Brazilian Beetles Got Their Coats
• 62 The Pig Brother
• 63 The Cat and the Parrot
• 64 Greedy
• 65 The Friend of A Friend of a Friend
• 66 Spider's Two Feasts
• 67 Fortune and the Beggar
• 68 The Stone Lion
• 69 The Man Who Loved Money Better Than Life
• 70 The Little Loaf
• 71 The Miser
• 72 The Dog in the Manger
• 73 The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
• 74 The Discontented Stonecutter
• 75 How Hippo Was Humbled
• 76 Arachne
• 77 The Gold Bread
• 78 The Discontented Pig
• 79 The Blind Men and the Elephant
• 80 All God's Creatures Have Work to Do
• 81 The Man and His Piece of Cloth
• 82 The Story of the Two Friends
• 83 The Unfruitful Tree
• 84 Your Mission
• 85 For You and Me
• 86 Industry and Sloth
• 87 Rip Van Winkle
• 88 The Ingratitude and Injustice of Men Towards Fortune
• 89 The Dancing Horses of Sybaris
• 90 The Man Who Loved War Too Much
• 91 Woo Sing and the Mirror
• 92 The American Boy
• 93 The Stag at the Pool
• 94 The Achilles Heel
• 95 The Man, The Boy, And The Donkey
• 96 The Spider and the Fly
• 97 The Wolf and the Lamb
• 98 How the Ostrich Got His Long Neck
• 99 A Sound for a Smell
• 100 Procrustes the Pitiless
• 101 One Word Against Another
• 102 Fish or Cat?
• 103 The Three Rioters
• 104 The Camel's Nose
• 105 The Two Travelers and the Oyster
• 106 Habit
• 107 Is There a Santa Claus?
• 108 The Hill Mother
• 109 The Mouse Who Was Afraid
• 110 The Knights of the Silver Shield
• 111 Hans the Shepherd Boy
• 112 The Honest Farmer
• 113 Why the Thumb Stands Alone
• 114 Lincoln Licks the Bullies
• 115 God Will Provide
• 116 The Heedless Man At The Gates Of Paradise
• 117 Opportunity
• 118 The Magic Sword
• 119 The Gorgon's Head
• 120 Heroes
• 121 Proteus
• 122 The Dog of Montargis
• 123 Hercules Kills the Hydra
• 124 For the Love of a Man
• 125 The Mutiny
• 126 The Crisis
• 127 A Prayer At Valley Forge
• 128 Molly Pitcher
• 129 The Star-Spangled Banner
• 130 The Marines' Hymn
• 131 The Race From Marathon
• 132 Henry Box Brown's Escape
• 133 Jinkyswoitmaya
• 134 Scylla and Charybdis
• 135 The Sphinx
• 136 A Truth Speaker
• 137 The Sculptor and the Sistine Chapel
• 138 The Man Who Moved the Earth
• 139 Galileo and the Leaning Tower
• 140 On His Blindness
• 141 Beethoven's Triumph
• 142 Thomas Carlyle and The French Revolution
• 143 The Titanic
• 144 The Conquest of Everest
• 145 The Man Who Broke the Color Barrier
• 146 The Pioneer Family
• 147 The Death of Becket
• 148 The Life Heroic
• 149 The Princess Who Wanted to be Beautiful
• 150 How the Robin's Breast Became Red
• 151 The Star Jewels
• 152 Mr. Straw
• 153 The Line of Golden Light
• 154 The Lame Boy
• 155 Waukewa's Eagle
• 156 Why the Water in Rivers is Never Still
• 157 Why Evergreen Trees Never Lose Their Leaves
• 158 Sheltering Wings
• 159 How the Animals Got Sunlight
• 160 Why the Chimes Rang
• 161 Prince Harweda and the Magic Prison
• 162 John Smith at Jamestown
• 163 Pocahontas
• 164 The Fire Bearer
• 165 How the Indians Learned to Heal
• 166 The Happy Prince
• 167 The Hermit of the Himalayas
• 168 The Mouse Tower
• 169 Kaddo's Wall
• 170 The Emerald Lizard
• 171 Margaret of New Orleans
• 172 The Boy Who Brought Light Into A World Of Darkness
• 173 Brother To The Lepers
• 174 The Shipwreck
• 175 The Last Fight in the Colosseum
• 176 Grief
• 177 End of the Tiger
• 178 No Greater Love
• 179 A Problem
• 180 The Two Gifts
• 181 Saint Catherine and the Silver Crucifix
• 182 Saint Martin and the Beggar
• 183 Sleep Baby, Sleep
• 184 All the World is Sleeping
• 185 What Does Little Birdie Say?
• 186 The Squirrel's Devotion
• 187 The Story of the Small Green Caterpillar
• 188 The Owl and the Pussy Cat
• 189 The Courtship and Marriage of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren
• 190 The Robin To His Mate
• 191 The Chattering Aspen
• 192 The Plowman Who Found Content
• 193 The Three Wishes
• 194 The Roses of Saint Elizabeth
• 195 An Honorable Estate, Instituted of God
• 196 An Excellent Wife
• 197 The Wives of Weinsberg
• 198 The Most Precious Thing
• 199 For Remembrance
• 200 The Lion's Hair
• 201 The Baby
• 202 Why the Baby Says "Goo"
• 203 The Cost of One Seed
• 204 The Magic Cavern
• 205 The Crab and His Mother
• 206 The Baby
• 207 Little Eyes Upon You
• 208 A Fortune
• 209 When Mother Reads Aloud
• 210 The Charge of the Night Briagade
• 211 Proserpina
• 212 The Death of Balder
• 213 I Know of a Lovely Garden
• 214 In Regard to Duty
• 215 Lift Up Your Soul
• 216 To His Son, Vincent Corbet
• 217 Monica, Mother of Augustine
• 218 The Bravest Man
• 219 High-Water Mark
• 220 Before Hull House
• 221 Distance
• 222 Admetus and Alcestis
• 223 Orpheus and Eurydice
• 224 The White Stone Canoe
• 225 Stronger Than Death
• 226 My Very Dear Sarah...
• 227 On My First Daughter
• 228 On My First Son
• 229 The Water of Youth
• 230 Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
• 231 We Have Lived and Loved Together
• 232 The Greatest of These Is Love
• 233 The Quails
• 234 When Mr. Bluebird Won His Coat
• 235 The Tower to the Moon
• 236 The Gordian Knot
• 237 The Peddler's Pack
• 238 Someone Must Pay
• 239 Gumble Town
• 240 The Grumble Family
• 241 The King and the Shirt
• 242 Two Surprises
• 243 The Stone in the Road
• 244 The Busy Man
• 245 The Old Man and Death
• 246 Gratefulness
• 247 Saint Francis and the Wolf
• 248 The Maid of Orleans
• 249 Gideon and His Brave Three Hundred
• 250 How They Built the Walls
• 251 Betsy Ross and the First Flag
• 252 He Gave His Life For His Country
• 253 An American Army of Two
• 254 A Legend of the Roman Forum
• 255 God and the Soldier
• 256 The Chevalier D'Assas
• 257 The Keys of Calais
• 258 Bat
• 259 The Man Without a Country
• 260 My Native Land
• 261 Tarpeia
• 262 The Man Who Dined on Turnips
• 263 Good King Wenceslas
• 264 The Sleeping Sentinel
• 265 Charlemagne and the Robber Knight
• 266 George Pickett's Friend
• 267 Man Enough For The Job
• 268 The Man Who Would Not Drink Alone
• 269 Brotherhood of Long Ago
• 270 The Lady With The Lamp
• 271 Santa Filomena
• 272 The Birds Who Befriended A King
• 273 King Soomon and the Ants
• 274 A Pioneer of Compassion
• 275 Sojourner Truth
• 276 King John and the Magna Carta
• 277 Sacajawea
• 278 Washington's Glasses
• 279 The Character of Leadership
• 280 A Vice Grown into Fashion
• 281 Surrender at Appomattox
• 282 You Have Done Your Duty
• 283 Duty, Honor, Country
• 284 America Is Great Becausee She Is Good
• 285 A General Thanksgiving
• 286 The Seed
• 287 The Little Lost Lamb
• 288 Smuel in the Temple
• 289 Babouscka
• 290 The Silver Crown
• 291 The Legend of Saint Christopher
• 292 The Widow's Mites
• 293 The Boy and The Angel
• 294 A Late Bloomer
• 295 How the Wise Man Found The King
• 296 God Will See
• 297 Robert of Sicily
• 298 The Golden Tripod
• 299 A Little Learning
• 300 The Legend Beautiful
• 301 The Saintliness
• 302 Three Questions
• 303 I Sought My Soul
• 304 Saint Augustine By The Seashore
• 305 The Melon And The Professor
• 306 The Wonder Tree
• 307 The Three Heavy Stones
• 308 The Bundle
• 309 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
• 310 The Prayer
• 311 Abraham and the Old Man
• 312 Self-Dependence
• 313 Prayer for True Knowledge
• 314 Three Words of Strength
• 315 Your Second Job
• 316 What Is Success?
• 317 Give Until It Hurts
• 318 The Magic Mill
• 319 Father William
• 320 Friendship Sweetening to the Evening of Life
• 321 The Mandarin and the Tailor
• 322 The Bed Quilt
• 323 Ulysses
• 324 The Angel
• 325 The Indian Girl and Her Messenger Bird
• 326 The Death of Thomas More
• 327 The Student
• 328 What Men Live By
• 329 The Child's Story
• 330 The Great Commandment