Idleness: Day 54 readings from "Character And Conduct" - February 23

Readings for February 23 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.

"Idleness"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n73/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_54

Authors featured today:

Voltaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
Thomas Carlyle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle
Edwin Arnold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Arnold

Books featured today:

"Past and Present" by Thomas Carlyle
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13534

"The Light of Asia" by Edwin Arnold
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_of_Asia

Image:

Voltaire. possibly at the age of twenty-four, by Nicolas de Largillière (1656–1746)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atelier_de_Nicolas_de_Largilli%C3%A8re,_portrait_de_Voltaire,_d%C3%A9tail_(mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet)_-002.jpg