“And but two ways are offered to our will, Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace, The problem still for us and all of human race.” WayHumansStillsTwoProblemRaceSafeTriumphEaseHuman RaceComparisonToilDisgraceTwo Ways Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
“Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.” HumansDoeBusinessHuman LifeToilUtilitarian Author:Aristotle
“Much shedding of blood, many great actions, and triumphs, toil and perseverance are the end of all things human.” HumansWarEndsActionBloodAll ThingsPerseveranceTriumphToil Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education. It has intrinsic and indestructible merits. It holds the welfare of mankind in its embrace, as the protecting arms of a mother hold her infant to her bosom. The very ignorance and selfishness which obstructs its path are the strongest arguments for its promotion, for it furnishes the only adequate means for their removal.” IfsHumansHeartMeanMotherCausesEducationPathSacrificeMankindIgnoranceArmsArgumentEmbraceEndureWorthySelfishnessWelfareMeritStrongestToilHuman HeartInfantAdequatePromotionBosomsRemovalIndestructibleAdequate Means Book:Thoughts Source: Thoughts
“If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education.” IfsHumansHeartCausesSacrificeEndureWorthyToilHuman Heart Book:Common School Journal Source: Common School Journal