The periods of our lives which give us the most joy at the moment, and which are most exquisite in memory, are those when we have gone most wholly out of ourselves, and lived for others. She who seeks excellence and not reputation alone, rises highest in her pursuits; and she who foregoes her own pleasures—ignoring, it may be, her own rights—and forgets herself, in her genuine interest for others, attains to the surest and most satisfactory enjoyment. The secret of many low and miserable lives is the complete absorption of the man and the woman in their own pleasures and wants, cares, character and prospect.—Mary A. Livermore, in “What shall we do with our Daughters?”
THE SEA AS AN AQUARIUM.
A lecture delivered at the Monterey Assembly, Pacific Grove Retreat, California, 1883.
By C. L. ANDERSON, M.D.
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