Readings for July 16 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. Argument Original text: https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n213/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_197 Authors featured today: Voltaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire François de La Rochefoucauld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_La_Rochefoucauld_(writer) Herbert Spencer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Spencer Constance Whishaw provides no attribution for the first reading, but it appears in Voltaire's "The Philosophical Dictionary." https://history.hanover.edu/texts/voltaire/volpreju.html https://archive.org/details/philosophicaldi01unkngoog/page/n210/mode/2up?q=Prejudice+is Image: English philosopher Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 - 8 December 1903) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbert_Spencer.jpg

Readings for February 11 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. "The Secret of Thrift" Original text: https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n61/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_42 Authors featured today: Charles Kingsley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kingsley Hamish MacCunn https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22MacCunn%2C+John%2C+1846-1929%22 Phillips Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Brooks Book featured today: "The Making of Character" by Hamish MacCunn https://archive.org/details/makingofcharacte00maccuoft/page/172/mode/2up?q=simply+to+know Image: Charles Kingsley, photograph by Charles Watkins https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Kingsley._Photograph_by_Charles_Watkins._Wellcome_V0026646.jpg