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Title: Every life a delight
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Potts, James Henry, 1848-1942
Subjects: Conduct of life
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati, The Abingdon Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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th the will of the Creator are in full realization. A man or woman alert to be and do all that is possible inthe practical, civil, educational, and religious spheres of life is atthe threshold of completeness, no matter how youthful, circum-scribed, or impeded. To do the best possible under all theconditions and circumstances is to meet the expectation of God,of angels, and of reasonable people. And there are persons who live such lives easily. Theyhave come into the world with exactly the mental, spiritual,and physical traits which admit of such training and adaptationas tend to make their lives models of completeness in all thathuman beings aspire to, commend, and love. They stand outas burning and shining lights, and are hailed as leaders andexemplars in the rare art of perfect living. They make goodin all the ways recognized as the very best. They are welcomedto any circle because fitted for any service. Advantages andprivileges are accorded to them because they are themselves 240
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A SHINING LIGHT Pleadings of the Heart the makers and exponents of these things. The good they do toothers by right living entitles them, by a sort of common con-sent, to large measures of the good which they thus bring intoview. Such people are, as a rule, an ambitious lot. They steadilyqualify themselves to take instant advantage of everythingdesirable that happens to come their way; and if it does nthappen to come, they go after it. They work with whole hearts, play with whole hearts, andare never apathetic or cold. They choose the work they are best fitted for and the playthat will bring them the greatest joy. They are learners, discerners, and skillful turners. Theyabound with information and are always seeking more. Theyturn every event to some kind of profit, ever growing wiser,better, happier, or more alert. They are always climbing up toricher things, or else getting down to harder, plainer, and moreresolute everyday grinding. They are the salt of the earth allthe time, when

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