THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
» ■ .... Hero, first of all, before -7/j tho others, U tho Great Joy of . %v Being Just, who smiles each time V an injustice ie repaired. lam too young: I have never seen her X; smile yet. Behind her is tho Joy of Being Good, who is the hnnpiest, ,$ bxit tho saddest; and it is vary , <& difficult to keep her from Romp: to ; 5| tho Miseries, when she would like:* to consolo; for, if sho left us wft .'_-"/ should be almost as miscrablo as , l ; f tho Miseries themselves. On tho right is the Joy of Fame, next to ttho Joy of Thinking. After her,/,*/ comos the Joy of Undcrstandinß* ys* who is always looking for ' ?r' '"j brother, tho Luxury of Understand- 1 , ing Nothing. - .'.''•' —Maeterlinck. ("Tho Blue Bird"). .;. .
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14660, 8 May 1913, Page 6
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