Influence IV: Day 213 readings from "Character And Conduct" - August 3

Readings for August 3 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Influence"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n231/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_215

Authors featured today:

Ralph Waldo Emerson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
Bishop Edward Talbot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Talbot_(bishop)

Image:

The Right Reverend Edward Talbot, Bishop of Winchester, published in Vanity Fair, 11 October 1911
https://art.famsf.org/sites/default/files/artwork/ray/6103165124690030.jpg