The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood.
Interpretation
Brotherhood is the ultimate expression of goodness in life.
In this quote, Edwin Markham elevates the concept of brotherhood, suggesting that it represents the highest form of goodness that one can achieve in life. It implies that the connections we forge with others, built on trust, support, and love, are the most valuable aspects of our existence and the ultimate goal we should strive for.
In practice
In a speech about community involvement, one might say, 'As Edwin Markham famously stated, 'the crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood.'
Greed and Gain, grim guardians of the great god Mammon, continually cry in the ears of the poor, 'Give us your little ones!' And forever do the poor push out their little ones at the imperious ukase, feeding the children to a blind Hunger that is never filled.
Sorrows come to stretch out places in the heart for joy.
There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted
The sequoias belong to the silences of the milleniums. Many of them have seen a hundred human generations rise, give off their little clamors and perish. They seem indeed to be forms of immortality standing here amoing the transitory shapes of time.
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.
Because our expression is imperfect we need friendship to fill up the imperfections.
When carrying a jar of honey to give to a friend for his birthday, don't stop and eat it along the way.
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
How delightful to find a friend in everyone.
My Friend: Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love, my friend? The sky groans like one in despair. I have no sleep tonight. Ever and again I open my door and look out on the darkness, my friend! I can see nothing before me. I wonder where lies thy path! By what dim shore of the ink-black river, by what far edge of the frowning forest, through what mazy depth of gloom art thou threading thy course to come to me, my friend?
Make a man laugh a good hearty laugh, and you've paved the way for friendship. When a man laughs with you, he, to some extent, likes you.
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