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November 24


Character-Quarries

Every individual life has its quarries, where are hewn the blocks that are afterward built into character, where the thoughts are shaped which take form in acts and heroisms and noble works. There are two parts in every life — the heart-quarry, which the world does not see, and the life as it takes form in the eyes of men. Men must have a good heart-life before they can have a good character and make a worthy record. Men must be silent thinkers before their words or deeds can have either great beauty or wide influence. Extemporaneousness anywhere is of little value. Easy thinking never leads to very high living.

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