''A truer index of the life
A truer index of the life
The ordinary attainments of the common days is a truer index of the life , a truer measure of its character and value — than are the most striking and brilliant things of its exalted moments.
It requires more strength to be faithful in the ninety-nine commonplace duties, when no one is looking on, when there is no special motive to stir the soul to its best effort — than it does in the one duty, which by its unusual importance, or by its conspicuousness, arouses enthusiasm for its own doing.