Aspiration: Day 304 readings from "Character And Conduct" - November 2

Readings for November 2 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.

"Aspiration"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n323/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_306

Authors featured today:

Henry David Thoreau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau
James Russell Lowell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Russell_Lowell

Image:

Henry David Thoreau, portrait photograph from a ninth-plate daguerreotype
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_D._Maxham_-_Henry_David_Thoreau_-_Restored_-_greyscale_-_straightened.jpg