Seeing One's Life in Perspective: Day 27 readings from "Character And Conduct" for January 27

Readings for January 27 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Seeing One's Life in Perspective"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n45/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_27

Authors featured today:

"H. W. Smith" is likely to be Hannah Whitall Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Whitall_Smith. A much less likely possibility would be Henry Weston Smith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Weston_Smith though, unlike Hannah Whitall Smith, he was not known for his writing.
Henry Drummond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Drummond_(evangelist)

Image:

Hannah Whitall Smith
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hannah_Whitall_Smith.jpg