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in joy or in sickness, there may come, no one 

 knows from where, no one knows why, a 

 golden memory of such days, of such a walk. 

 Perhaps it is only a gleam resting but a 

 second upon the mind, and perhaps leaving it 

 saddened with a longing for days that are 

 past, but yet I think making one feel a better 

 man, giving one courage and hope, reminding 

 one that, hard as the battle of life may be to 

 fight, dark and gloomy as the days may be 

 just now, another morning may arise for us, 

 far, far more bright and glorious and joyful, 

 one that will not be shadowed over by a 

 returning night ; but then that is only for the 

 brave, the honest, the truthful — for those who 

 are up early and strive late, never beaten, 

 never doubting, always pressing forward. 



But, come out of that. Wasp ! Don't you 

 know that cows kick if you sniff at their 

 heels ? Tinker, old man, keep your spirits 

 up ; Pepper, come back from that wood, for it 



