Temper IV: Day 103 readings from "Character And Conduct" - April 14

Readings for April 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.

"Temper"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n121/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_104

Authors featured today:

Marcus Aurelius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius
William Empson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Empson_(lawyer)
John MacCunn https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22MacCunn%2C+John%2C+1846-1929%22

Book featured today:

"The Making of Character" by John MacCunn
https://archive.org/details/makingofcharacte00maccuoft/page/212/mode/2up?q=be+checked

Image:

William Empson, M.A; a mezzotint print from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_William_Empson,_M.A_(4672266).jpg