And while the willing hand its aid affords,
Prevents the tongue to fix the falling words.
DISTANCE WALKED DURING A LIFETIME.
MAN MIGHT GIRDLE THE GLOBE.
Some Cover the Length of the Earth’s
Belt Several Times in the Ordinary
Span of Three Score Years.
The greatest things of the world reduced to the unit which, many times multiplied, goes to compose them, do not seem great at all.
The sum of all the money on earth would be made up of just so many pennies, and a penny is an insignificant coin. In just the same way the distance around the earth is very great, yet it is numbered in miles, and a mile is not much of a walk.
For instance, how far will a man walk in a lifetime? It is a little difficult to fix the average mileage per day of the average man. Some men are fond of walking. Others ride a bicycle or patronize the trolley-cars. But it is safe to say that every man walks two miles a day, if only in stirring about his room or office.