David Hume born 1711.
Daniel Defoe died 1791.
Charles F. Browne (Artemus Ward) born 1834.
How strange a chequer-work of Providence is the life of man! and by
what secret different springs are the affections hurried about, as
different circumstances present! To-day we love what to-morrow we
hate; to-day we seek what to-morrow we shun; to-day we desire what
to-morrow we fear; nay, even tremble at the apprehension of.
--Daniel Defoe.
Now don't do nothin' which isn't your Fort, for ef you do you'll
find yourself splashin' round in the Kanawl, figgeratively speakin'.
--Artemus Ward.
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there
are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord. And there are
diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in
all.
--1 Corinthians 12. 4-6.
Lord forbid that I should fear to change for the better or be so
pleased with myself and the things which surround me that I feel no
need for a higher life. Make me dissatisfied if I am not trying to
grow in truth and to live in noble deeds. Amen.