Influence II: Day 209 readings from "Character And Conduct" - July 30

Readings for July 30 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.

"Influence"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n227/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_211

Authors featured today:

Nathaniel Hawthorne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Hawthorne
William Ellery Channing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ellery_Channing
Phillips Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Brooks

Image:

A photographic portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne by the photographer Mathew Brady, circa 1860-1864
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nathaniel_Hawthorne_by_Brady,_1860-64.jpg