One of
the duties lying upon every man these days is the duty of making a cheerful
heart radiate itself in a bright and smiling face. The man who goes round with dolefulness and
pessimism written upon his features is a traitor to his country and an enemy of
his fellows. Of course, a man cannot
have the hopefulness on his face that his heart does not feel, but it is not so
impossible to grow hopefulness as is sometimes seems. The man who is taking his part in life, doing
heroically and faithfully the duties that come to him, and who, because of
that, has a wholesome faith in God and in man, can keep a cheerful heart even
in a day like this.
It is an old and homely truth, but one that never wears out, that duty well and faithfully done gives life its truest zest, the face its brightest smile, and the heart its most abiding happiness.
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