Admiration is sometimes exprest about the peaceful faces of
nuns, sisters of charity, and similar devotees of the secluded
life. But if you polish a piece of stone and keep it in a
cabinet it will be smooth. The same stone set into a foundation
will soon show marks of the weather. So marks on the face, lines
of care, traces of sorrow, usually show that one has been doing
something; has been of some use; has been developing character.
(1974)
=Marks, Removing=--See REMINDERS, UNPLEASANT.