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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
The Better Part
John Davidson (1857-1909), Sentences and Paragraphs (London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893), p. 22:
He who dares manfully to lounge and take his leisure, no matter what his calling or what his necessity, often chooses the better part.