To the Editor of the "Nonru-Citiwa DaiLy News."
Sim,—I have been much interested in the interest that has been taken, in your excellent paper, in the saying, "I expect to pass through the world but once, Any good, there fore, that I can do, or any kindness that [can show to any fellow crea-tare, let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for T shall not pass this way again."
T have a book of quotations in which the compiler save of this quotation:
"Every effort to identify the author of this much-quoted say ing has failed. It has been tributed to Stephen Grellet, a2 American quaker of French birth (b. 1773, a, 1855); R. W. Emerson; Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon (this being, however, a mistake, due to a partial resem-Dlance of the Eael's epitaph); Sir Rowland Hill (1744-1833):
Marcus Aurelius; Miss A.B.
Hageman, Addison, hes. Carlyle, and others; and it is also sail that the germ of it is to be found the writings of a Chinese philosopher. There seems to he Some authority in favour of Stephen Grellet being the author, but the passage does not occur 11 any of his printed works "In Bkesed be Drudgery" by Win. C. Gannett (Bryce, Glasxow), the saying is thus record.
The eld Quaker was right. 1 expect to pass through life but once. If there is any kindness, or any good thing I edu do to my fellow beings, let me do ones, shall pass this way but So there seems to be much dif ficulty in determining who wrote: it, After all what is the difference who wrote it? The important question is, "why put it into practise?"
There is another saying like unto "For the Land Jesus Christ's cake Do all the good you can, To all the people you can, In all the ways you can, AS long as ever you can Quoted by D. L. Moor pesedly from a tombstone.
What a glad world we'd hav we all observed this resolution followed this exhortation!
Tam, ete, "Sky Prion."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.