FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 2?3 



As an unmistakable example of what I 

 mean, to put an extreme case and yet an 

 impregnable one, I should say that he or 

 she who can by spirit and demeanour bring 

 a warm throb to the heart and a tremulous 

 smile to the lips of those sad or crusty ones 

 who are^ met in the course of the day, is 

 one whose price is above rubies. 



Now be it remembered that I am speak 

 ing of those who do not need to toil to 

 earn a subsistence or comforts, but who 

 still remain in the familiar harness, and 

 their name may be said to be legion. It is 

 fair to assume that a large proportion of 

 them are engaged in fairly useful employ 

 ments. In the case of most of these, should 

 they leave their present occupations, their 

 places would be immediately filled by the 

 pressure from below, the world s work 

 would go on as well as ever, and many 

 would be benefited. Are they then to do 

 nothing ? Not so. The world has enough 

 work for all hands to do, and the farthest 

 vision cannot see a state where the same 

 may not truly be said. As society is organ 

 ized, it is impossible to place a money value 

 upon much of this work, which is of the 

 most necessary character, and if it is to be 

 done well, it must be done gratuitously or 



