The Great And Good Do No Die

The Truest Politeness Comes Of Sincerity.

The Reason Why So Little Is Done, Is Generally Because So Little Is Attempted.

Commonplace Though It May Appear, This Doing Of One's Duty Embodies The Highest Ideal Of Life And Character. There May Be Nothing Heroic About It; But The Common Lot Of Men Is Not Heroic.

A Great Deal Of What Passes By The Name Of Patriotism In These Days Consists Of The Merest Bigotry And Narrow-mindedness; Exhibiting Itself In National Prejudice, National Conceit, And National Hatred. It Does Not Show Itself In Deeds, But In Boastings--in Howlings, Gesticulations, And Shrieking Helplessly For Help--in Flying Flags And Singing Songs--and In Perpetual Grinding At The Hurdy-gurdy Of Long-dead Grievances And Long-remedied Wrongs. To Be Infested By Such A Patriotism As This Is Perhaps Among The Greatest Curses That Can Befall Any Country.

It Is The Close Observation Of Little Things Which Is The Secret Of Success In Business, In Art, In Science, And In Every Pursuit Of Life.