December 13

“Let us not be weary in well doing; for in due course we shall reap, if we faint not.”

GALATIANS vi, 9

“Say not, the struggle naught availeth,
The labour and the wounds are vain,
The enemy faints not, nor faileth,
And as things have been they remain.

“If hopes weer dupes, fears may be liars;
It may be, in yon smoke concealed,
Your comrades chase e’en now the fliers;
And, but for you, possess the field.

“For while the tired waves, vainly breakening,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the main.

“And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light.
In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly,
But westward, look, the land is bright.”

A. H. CLOUGH

December 12

“Do not hope you are to gain the victory in a day. It may take months, it may take years. Inch by inch, and step by step the battle must be fought. Over and over again you will be worsted and give ground, but do not therefore yield. Resolve never to be driven back quite so far as you have advanced.”

WHYTE-MELVILLE

“Did you ever hear of a person who had striven all his life faithfully and singly toward an object and in no measure obtained it? If someone constantly aspires, is he not elevated? Did anyone ever try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them, - that it was a vain endeavour?”

THOREAU

“A great effort may be made in a moment of excitement; but continual little efforts can only be made on principle.”

GOULBURN