The Philosophy of Despair
by David Starr Jordan
Today is your day and mine, the only day we have, the day in which we play our part. What our part may signify in the great whole, we may not understand, but we are here to play it, and now is our time. This we know, it is a part of action, not of whining. It is a part of love, not cynicism. It is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness. This we know, for we have learned from sad experience that any other course of life leads toward decay and waste.
Books by David Starr Jordan
The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches
California and the Californians
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