ENJOYMENT OF LIFE
CHIEF LESSON TO CAST AWAY FEAR.
“The chief lesson of this life is, I am sure, to cast away fear," writes Mr. Hugh Walpole, the novelist, in the “Sunday Express.” “We start life afraid of everything—afraid of pain, of social contempt, of our own weakness and stupidity, of poverty, of loneliness. I am still afraid of all these things, but not so badly as I used to be, and I know in my heart that there is no need to be afraid at all. As one grows, the personal factor diminishes; the possibility of accident to oneself is still terrifying, but one realises nt list that, whatever happens, the growth of one’s interest, one’s sympathy, one’s history, wideps and extends. It is not achievement that brings happiness, although it may contribute to it; it is belief in the worthwhile quality of the stuff of life, however jj, i» experienced, however encountered."
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 225, 19 June 1929, Page 13
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154ENJOYMENT OF LIFE Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 225, 19 June 1929, Page 13
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