FEBRUARY 27
I did my best; if I did wrong, it was not the error of my will, but of my judgment.
Works, xiii. 249
While we live let us work our Lord’s work betimes; and in His time He will give us our full reward.
Letter, 3rd February, 1790
“Child,” said my father to me when I was young, “you think to carry everything by dint of argument. But you will find by-and-by how very little is ever done in the world by clear reason.” Very little indeed! … Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason. It is our part, by religion and reason joined, to counteract them all we can.
to Joseph Benson, 1770
