<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384378" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ernestness</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The hurry of the times affects us so</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In this swift rushing hour, we crowd and press</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And thrust each other backward as we go,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And do not pause to lay sufficient stress</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Upon that good, strong, true word, Earnestness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In our impetuous haste, could we but know</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its full, deep meaning, its vast import, oh,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then might we grasp the secret of success!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In that receding age when men were great,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The bone and sinew of their purpose lay</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In this one word. God likes an earnest soul—</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Too earnest to be eager. Soon or late</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It leaves the spent horde breathless by the way,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And stands serene, triumphant at the goal.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384378" data-title="Ernestness de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="The hurry of the times affects us so In this swift rushing hour, we crowd and press And thrust each other backward as we go, And do not pause to lay sufficient stress Upon that good, strong, true word, Earnestness. In our impetuous haste, cou..."></div> </div> </div>

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