''When we are resolving
When we are resolving to live more grandly
When we are resolving to live more grandly in the future than in the past, it will help us if we bring our eyes down from the far-off mountain-peaks, and from among the stars, where there is nothing whatever for us to do — and to look close about our feet, where lie . . .
many neglected duties,
many unimproved opportunities, and
many possibilities of higher attainment in spirit, in temper, in speech, in heart.