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If we have done our best to do, and to be, we can rest in peace.
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Lastly, work secures the rich reward of rest, we must rest to be able to work well, and work to be able to enjoy rest.
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Nor can any work, however persevering, or any success, however great, exhaust the prizes of life.
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We all admit, though we often forget, the marvellous power of perseverance, and yet all Nature, down to Bruce's spider, is continually impressing this lesson on us.
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Work indeed, and hard work, if only it is in moderation, is in itself a rich source of happiness.
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Time indeed, is a sacred gift, and each day is a little life.
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Time spent in innocent and rational enjoyments, in healthy games, in social and family intercourse, is well and wisely spent.