LIFE'S JOURNEY
" *rIt cannot be too strongly emphasised that it is the journey that really matters, not the destination. There is higher remuneration and richness of experience to be gained for those who notice and explore the beauties and interests of the roadside in every stage. of a jonrney than for those who blindly pass them by unnoticed in their eagerness to reach the expected though .uncertain pleasures of some distant popular centre of attraction. The summit of the mountain may he disappointingj it is the arduous climb to reach' it which gives the real satisfaction. "Ench Captain of the Ship of Life should say : ' Brusb away the cobwebe of distorted traditions of the past; dispel from yopr imagination disturbing fancies as to your eventful fate; go out into the dawn of eaoh new day, be it bright or cloudy, to face sunshine or' Storm with a sure confidence that Time is your servant, that you can to some unknown extent compel each hour to suit your intentions, command the minutes to serve your purpose, aud so steer your best course,' " You may not seem to succeed. But suceess is of ten but a worldly test. There is no failure except in leaving* of£ trymg. Endeavour must depend on a full conviction of its efficacy, but to relax your effort is to surrender to the caprices of Time, who then will prove your mortal fo#."* — Lord Ponsonby in t( Life Here and. Now.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 7, 23 January 1937, Page 4
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