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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jul 14, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 27.

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Essential Qualities

By A. T. Palmer

How essential to live a well-regulated life and cultivate the best qualities. “There, that's the thing to do; go and do it.” Punctuality: without which much time is lost and others are disappointed. Accuracy: without this, great and serious mistakes are made which prove most hurtful and injurious to society. Steadiness: without this, things are hurried over and nothing is done properly. Promptitude: without this, opportunities of great importance are lost, which can never be recalled. Habits are the very life-blood of our existence. We may remove many things; we can cast off old clothes, leave an unhealthy house or neighborhood and forsake a disagreeable companion, but we can not so easily cast off old habits. They cling to us through life.—A. T. Palmer.