Mile-marks: Day 358 reading from "Character And Conduct" - December 26

Reading for December 26 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.

"Mile-marks"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n377/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_360

Author featured today:

Robert Louis Stevenson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson

Book featured today:

"Across the plains : with other memories and essays"
https://archive.org/stream/with00stevacrossplainsrich
http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/works/across-the-plains-with-other-memories-and-essays-1892/

Image:

1893 photograph of Robert Louis Stevenson by Henry Walter Barnett (1862–1934)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Louis_Stevenson_by_Henry_Walter_Barnett_bw.jpg