mold
The shining symbol of a grander grace;
The hope toward which the centuries have rolled.

Oh, hands of mine that the unnumbered years
Evolved from hoof and wing and claw and fin,
'T is ours to bring from out the stress and tears,
A godlike figure fashioned from within.

[Illustration: LOUISA M. ALCOTT]

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[Transcriber's Note: Sidenote quotations from the preceeding chapter are
gathered in this section.]

What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think.
--Emerson.

Gentle words, quiet words, are, after all, the most powerful words.
--Washington Gladden.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
--Thoreau.

Nothing will be mended by complaints.--Johnson.

Peace! Peace! How sweet the word and tender! Its very sound should
wrangling discord still.--Nathan Haskell Dole.

The Spartans did not inquire how many the enemy are, but where they
are.--Agis II.

The man in whom others believe is a power, but if he believes in
himself he is doubly powerful.--Willis George Emerson.

The secrecy of success is constancy to purpose.--Disraeli.

Men talk about the indignity of doing work that is beneath them, but
the only indignity that they should care for is the indignity of doing
nothing.--W. R. Haweis.

Share your happiness with others, but keep your troubles to yourself.
--Patrick Flynn.

Neither days, nor lives can be made noble or holy by doing nothing in
them.--Ruskin.

Use thy youth as the springtime, wherein thou oughtest to plant and
sow all provisions for a long and happy life.--Walter Raleigh.

To have ideas is to gather flowers; to think is to weave them into
garlands.--Madame Swetchine.

When a firm decisive spirit is recognized, it is curious to see how
the space clears around a man and leaves him room and freedom.--John
Foster.

That person is blest who does his best and leaves the rest, so do not
worry.--A. E. Winship.

Work is the best thing to make us love life.--Ernest Renan.

If you want to be miserable, think about yourself,--about what you
want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay to you, and what
people think of you.--Charles Kingsley.

Aspiration carries one half the way to one's desire.--Elizabeth
Gibson.

The best thing is to do well what one is doing at the moment.--Pittacus.

To work and not to genius I owe my success.--