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Is not true leisure One with true toil?

— John Sullivan Dwight

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  1. Work, and thou wilt bless the day Ere the toil be done; They that work not, can not pray, Can not feel the sun. God is living, working stil…
  2. Rest is not quitting The busy career, Rest is the fitting Of self to one's sphere.
  3. 'T is the brook's motion, Clear without strife, Fleeing to ocean After its life.
  4. 'T is loving and serving The Highest and Best! 'T is onwards! unswerving, And that is true rest.

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Topics in this quote

  • purpose
  • leisure
  • meaning
  • work

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