The Ifs of Life: Day 14 readings from "Character And Conduct" - January 14

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Readings for January 14 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"The Ifs of Life"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n263/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_301

Authors featured today:

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
Lord Avebury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lubbock,_1st_Baron_Avebury
Ralph Waldo Emerson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson

Quoted today:

Dugald Stewart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugald_Stewart
David Hume https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume
"Over the Teacups" https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2689

Image:

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. c. 1879
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Sr_c1879.jpg

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