Gaining or Losing Ground: Day 301 readings from "Character And Conduct" - October 30

Readings for October 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.

"Gaining or Losing Ground"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n319/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_303

Author featured today:

William Wordsworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth

Poem featured today:

"Character of the Happy Warrior" by William Wordsworth
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45512/character-of-the-happy-warrior

Image:

William Wordsworth, "Wordsworth on Helvellyn" by Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wordsworth_on_Helvellyn_by_Benjamin_Robert_Haydon.jpg