Character—Negative Virtues: Day 136 readings from "Character And Conduct" - May 17

Readings for May 17 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.

"Character—Negative Virtues"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n153/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_137

Authors featured today:

Phillips Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Brooks
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Sr.
Graham Balfour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Balfour
Robert Louis Stevenson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson

Books featured today:

"The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table" by Oliver Wendell Holmes
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/751/751-h/751-h.htm

"The Life Of Robert Louis Stevenson" by Graham Balfour
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.235428

Image:

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., circa 1879
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Sr_c1879.jpg