"Omnia Vincit Amor" "Amicus Plato Sed Magis Amica Veritas" LONDON JOHN & E. BUMPUS, LTD. 1901 KD 10217 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY CIFT OF BARS. THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON July 1, 1940 "Ad majorem Dei gloriam" "OMNIA VINCIT AMOR." I F lived to oneself alone, if lived to self and the search after "Happiness," life has neither stability nor significance. The happiest, the strongest is at the mercy of the unforeseen: a mote whirled by the elements. By his side the lightning smites his dearest, as a thousand miles away sickness lays low the one as his own soul" ; or stops the heart which is as part of his; or with dread insidious grasp grips fast the brain whose thoughts and his have swept in unison from both, so one could scarcely say: "'tis mine, 'tis his.' 66 And the meaning of it all! In thyself thou art nothing. Renounce "happiAccept all simply, even though thou can'st not see. A pigmy cannot see over a mighty hill. Trust and advance. In the vulgar conscience is but retrospective. It cannot estimate the value of an action and its results ness." Then alone dost thou find it. until accomplished. The weak lack the foresight which leads to immediate obedience, and their instincts have but the insight of remorse. Life's work must be thorough; nought else will satisfy our task-master "Fate." We sometimes attempt to scramble through the task of to-day, or set it aside preparing for what we think the more advanced work of to-morrow. To-morrow comes, and the portion appointed us is not that we expected B |