By their Works: Day 270 readings from "Character And Conduct" - September 29

Readings for September 29 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.

"By their Works"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n289/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_272

Authors featured today:

John Greenleaf Whittier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier
Likely to be Edward Hayes Plumptre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Plumptre
Alternatively, possibly Eleanor or Hellen Plumptre https://archive.org/search.php?query=Plumptre

Book featured today:

"Lazarus and other poems" by E. H. Plumptre
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lazarus_and_other_poems/zrFcAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Hast+thou+made+much+of+words%22&pg=PA135&printsec=frontcover

Image:

John Greenleaf Whittier
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Greenleaf_Whittier_BPL_ambrotype,_c1840-60-crop.jpg