Pure and noble imaginings become a power for good. A healthy
imagination is a well-spring of pure pleasure, and by reading
and keeping our eyes open to the world we store our minds with
pictures which will in after life bring great satisfaction.
George William Curtis says: “One man goes 4,000 miles to see
Italy, and does not see it, he is so short-sighted. Another is
so far-sighted that he stays in his room, and sees more than
Italy.” We should train our observing faculties to see all of
the beauty that lies about us, even to those finer tints, which
it is said only the artist’s eye discerns--“the light that
never was on sea or land.”--JAMES T. WHITE, “Character
Lessons.”
(1518)
See DREAMS; PANIC THROUGH FEAR.