 | 1911 - 168 pages
...hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. Asceticism of this sort is like the insurance which a man pays...and goods. The tax does him no good at the time and may possibly never bring him a return. But if the fire does come, his having paid it will be his salvation... | |
 | 368 pages
...o£ dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved a, id untrained to stand the test. Asceticism of this sort is like the insurance which a man pays on his house and goods. The tax does hiiu no good at the time, and possibly may never bring him a return. But if the fire doa come, his... | |
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That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained... 
