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Today's reading was edited and adapted from The Royal Path of Life by T.L. Haynes and L. W. Yeghi, published in 1882.

The little things in life are not to be dismissed. Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Those who dare to lose a day are dangerously

profligate. Those who dare to miss spend a day are desperate. Springs are little things, but they are sources of large streams. Nails and pegs are little things, but they are sources of large streams. Nails and pegs are little things,

but they hold parts of large buildings together. Zeros and ones are little things, but without

them we would have no computers. A word, a look, a frown, all are little things, but powerful for good or evil.

Little acts are the elements of true greatness.

They raise life's value to its highest power.

They are tests of character and indifference. They are the straws upon life's mysterious current, and show the current's way.

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