TRUE LIFE.
The mere lapse of years is not life. To eat, and drink, and sleep, to be exposed to darkness and the light, to pace round in the mill of habit, and turn thought into an implement of trade —this is not life. Knowledge, truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith alone can give vitality to the mechanism of existence. The life of mirth that vibrates through the heart; the tears that freshen the dry wastes within; the music that brings childhood back; the prayer that calls the future near; the doubt which makes us meditate: the death which startles us with mystery; the hardship which forces us to struggle; the anxiety that ends in trust, are the true nourishment of our natural being.—J. Martineau.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume LX, Issue 3111, 12 May 1930, Page 7
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124TRUE LIFE. Cromwell Argus, Volume LX, Issue 3111, 12 May 1930, Page 7
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