"The Sharp Ferule of Calamity": Day 309 readings from "Character And Conduct" - November 7

Readings for November 7 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.

"The Sharp Ferule of Calamity"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n327/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_311

Authors featured today:

Graham Balfour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Balfour
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lubbock,_1st_Baron_Avebury

Book featured today:

"The Life Of Robert Louis Stevenson" by Graham Balfour
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.235428

Image:

Sir Graham Balfour, biographer to Robert Louis Stevenson
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graham_Balfour_jr.jpg