“Life asks for a preparation as complete as we can afford; the great contest should be fought with spirit but with good temper always; we should never think the game lost while it is still going; and finally we should have the satisfaction of quitting the field able to say: I did my best.” ThinkingLifeShouldStillsAbleSpiritAsksGamesLostFieldsShould HaveSatisfactionQuittingPreparationTemperContests Book:Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day
“We are heirs of the ages because throughout the ages mankind has devised and fashioned new things, and step by step added new conquests to our domain in that incessant contest with nature which means life. But we are decadent heirs if we cannot use the instruments that the ages have put into our hands. The acquisition of these, in the largest scope, is education.” IfsMeanUseHandsAgeEducationStepsMankindInstrumentsNew ThingsContestsConquestDomainScopeAcquisitionHeirsMeaning LifeIncessant Book:Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day Source: Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day