THOUGHTS FROM WRITINGS 



WHAT a fallacy it is that hard 

 work is the making of 

 money; I could show you 

 plenty of men who have worked the 

 whole of their lives as hard as ever could 

 possibly be, and who are still as far off 

 independence as when they began. In 

 fact, that is the rule; the winning of 

 independence is rarely the result of 

 work, else nine out of ten would be well- 

 to-do. — 'Amaryllis at the Fair.' 



SUCH emanations as there may be 

 from burning logs are odorous 

 of the woodland, of the sunshine, 

 of the fields and fresh air; the wood 

 simply gives out as it burns the sweet- 

 ness it has imbibed through its leaves 

 from the atmosphere which floats above 

 grass and flowers. — 'Amaryllis at the 

 Fair.' 



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