But when a cloud obscured the sun Squire Pettigrew would shout,
“Oh, now’s the time for working while the sun is blotted out,
A cooling cloud like that will make our muscles twice as stout!”
And that’s the way he kept his men a-going.
Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with a half mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.—Barrow.
Hence, little did it matter were the weather wet or dry,—
If sunshine filled the valleys or if clouds o’erspread the sky,
He’d always think of something which he deemed a reason why
’Twas just the time for him to keep a-working.
The strong man is the man with the gift of method, of faithfulness, of valor.—Carlyle.