When symptoms of all sorts assailed her,

And told him all the things that ailed her.

And when she finished out the string—

“Ye-e-s, Mrs. Mead,” drawled Doctor J.,

“There’s always some dam thing.”

  I like the line. It’s worth a ton Of optimistic commonplaces. It’s tonic, it refreshes one, It cheers, it stimulates, it braces. It summarizes things so well; It has the philosophic ring. Has Kant or Hegel more to tell? “There’s always some dam thing.”

Of optimistic commonplaces.

It cheers, it stimulates, it braces.

It has the philosophic ring.

“There’s always some dam thing.”

  The dean of all the cheer-up school Adjures sad hearts to cease repining, And intimates that, as a rule, The sun behind the cloud is shining. “Into each life——” You know the rest; No need to finish out the string. Longfellow boiled might be expressed, “There’s always some dam thing.”

Adjures sad hearts to cease repining,

The sun behind the cloud is shining.

“Into each life——” You know the rest;

No need to finish out the string.

“There’s always some dam thing.”

[Pg 83]  When things go wrong I do not read The cheer-up poets, great or lesser. To soothe my soul I do not need The Neo-Thought of Mr. Dresser. Sufficient for each working day, With all the worries it may bring, That helpful line by Doctor J., “There’s always some dam thing.”

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The cheer-up poets, great or lesser.

The Neo-Thought of Mr. Dresser.

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