The humanitarian calendar and daily maxim book / by Dr. William J. Robinson.

  • William J. Robinson
Date:
1929
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Credit: The humanitarian calendar and daily maxim book / by Dr. William J. Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B. of Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss religious reformer (1484) D. of Francis Place, one of the pioneers of birth control in England (1854) D. of Auguste Blanqui, French Revolutionist (1881) D. of H. R. Hertz, German physicist (1894) Proclamation of Emancipation of slaves by President Lin¬ coln (1863) Formation of Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (1923) New Year Wishes I wish you a Happy New Year! May the three great blessings, Health, Honourable Success, and Peace of Mind be yours in the fullest measure. o You cannot prevent or stop the rain. Nor would you want to if you could, for without rain there would be no crops and people would starve. But you can stay in when it rains, or you can pro¬ vide yourself with an umbrella, a raincoat and a pair of high boots or rubbers and thus defy and not mind the rain. It is an almost hopeless task to destroy all disease producing germs. Our greater hope lies in increasing our resistance to dis¬ ease. Both endeavors should go hand in hand. So it is with our attitude toward life in general. We cannot expect to prevent all blows, all accidents, all misfortunes; but we must try to strengthen our resistance, to learn to be less sensi¬ tive, to take things more calmly. It is quite right to endeavor to diminish the burden, but we must at the same time broaden and strengthen our shoulders. No weight is too heavy if we are equal to it; no burden is too light if it is above our strength to carry it. <> January 2 Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way. . . . Ask your¬ self whether you are happy, and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat, not happiness, but some end external to it, as the purpose of life.—John Stuart Mill.
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