“A man seems never to know what anything means till he has lost it; and this I suppose is the reason why losses--vanishing away of things--are among the teachings of this world of shadows.” KnowsMenWorldMeanReasonSeemsLostLossTeachingThis WorldLosingShadowReason WhyVanishing Author:Orville Dewey
“Men cannot labor on always. They must have intervals of relaxation. They cannot sleep through these intervals. What are they to do? Why, if they do not work or sleep, they must have recreation. And if they have not recreation from healthful sources, they will be very likely to take it from the poisoned fountains of intemperance. Or, if they have pleasures, which, though innocent, are forbidden by the maxims of public morality, their very pleasures are liable to become poisoned fountains.” IfsMenSleepPleasureSourceMoralityLaborInnocentForbiddenFountainRelaxationMaximsRecreationIntervalsLiableIntemperance Author:Orville Dewey
“Labour is man's great function, his peculiar distinction, his privilege. Can he not think so? Can he not see, that from being an animal to eat and drink and sleep, to become a worker... He is nothing, he can be nothing, he can achieve nothing, fulfil nothing, without working.” MenCan DoAchieveLaborFunction Author:Orville Dewey
“There is nothing to do with men [and women] but to love them; to contemplate their virtues with admiration, their faults with pity and forbearance, and their injuries with forgiveness.” MenVirtueMen And WomenFaultsPityInjuryAdmirationContemplatingForbearance Author:Orville Dewey
“Men cannot labor on always. They must have recreation.” MenLaborLeisureRecreation Author:Orville Dewey
