"Quench not the Smoking Flax" I: Day 210 readings from "Character And Conduct" - July 31

Readings for July 21 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.

"Quench not the Smoking Flax"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n229/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_213

Authors featured today:

Phillips Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Brooks
Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_de_Clapiers%2C_marquis_de_Vauvenargues
Henri-Frédéric Amiel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Amiel

Book featured today:

"Amiel's Journal" https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8545/8545-h/8545-h.htm

Image:

Portrait of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues by Charles Amedée Colin (1808-1873)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LucdeClapiers-marquisdeVauvenarges.jpg