We are therefore blessed with powerful minds yet at the same time cursed, not only to die, but to know that we must.
But can one be a blessing merely by being cheerful? Yes; moral beauty of any kind exerts a silent influence for good. It is like a sweet flower by the wayside, which has a benediction for everyone who passes by. A legend tells how one day in Galilee the useful corn spurned the lilies because they fed no one__ hunger. __ne cannot earn a living just by being sweet,_ said the proud cereal. The lilies said nothing in reply, only seemed the sweeter, then the Master came that way; and while his disciples rested at his feet, and the rustling corn invited them to eat, he said, __hildren, the life is more than meat. Consider the lilies, how beautiful they grow._ It certainly seemed worth while then just to be sweet, for it pleased the Master.
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But can one be a blessing merely by being cheerful? Yes; moral beauty of any kind exerts a silent influence for good. It is like a sweet flower by the wayside, which has a benediction for everyone who passes by. A legend tells how one day in Galilee the useful corn spurned the lilies because they fed no one__ hunger. __ne cannot earn a living just by being sweet,_ said the proud cereal. The lilies said nothing in reply, only seemed the sweeter, then the Master came that way; and while his disciples rested at his feet, and the rustling corn invited them to eat, he said, __hildren, the life is more than meat. Consider the lilies, how beautiful they grow._ It certainly seemed worth while then just to be sweet, for it pleased the Master.
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