The things I planned to do;
I meant to take this poor old earth
And make it over new.
It was a most delightful dream;
But now ’tis little cheer
To know the world when I am gone
Won’t know that I was here.
Those who can take the lead are given the lead.—Arthur T. Hadley.
When a family rises early in the morning, conclude the house to be well governed.—Chinese.
This somewhat overdrawn picture of human conceit and egotism holds a lesson for each and all of us. He who knows it all can learn no more, and he who can learn no more is likely to die ignorant. There are guide-posts all along our ways which if heeded will direct us toward the very destinations we should reach. And nothing else is so full of suggestion and inspiration as is a good book. In it we can enter the very heart of a man without being abashed by the author’s august presence.