Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to do with the ideal - the utterly mean grubby things; and when we come in contact with them we know instantly whether or not we are spiritually real.
The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers: My Utmost for His Highest; Selections for the Year (ed. 1935)