Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.


From the Oak to the Olive: A Plain Record of a Pleasant Journey (ed. 1868)


Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.

Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.

Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.

Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare & profitless forever.