The man’s name sounds like an anachronistic mouthful: Maltbie Davenport Babcock. I doubt you’ve ever heard of him; neither have I – until, that is, I stumbled across a book of his, chock full of stimulating insights.
I like old books because in them, one can find some of the darndest examples of modern thinking such as, for example: “The tests of life are to make, not break us.” Hard to swallow, but a good one to hold on to when things get rough.
Or this one: “No person has a right to amusement, or knows the real joy of it, who has not earned the right by work.” Ouch! Better not show that one to the wrong people.
How about this? “Dependable people – their price is above rubies.” No comment required.
The musty-smelling volume from which I drew this mere sampling of cool ideas is so old, that it is no longer protected by copyright law – and, that legislation now protects certain works for as long as 95 years! Old Babcock’s mind shows that the validity of some concepts is never out-dated.
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