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Original Penny Readings: A Series of Short Sketches
Now, it dont matter a bit what sort of clay a pots made of, if when its been tried in the fire it turns out sound and rings well when its struck. If Im only common red ware, without even a bit of glaze on me, and yet answer the purpose well for which Im made, why Im a good pot, aint I, even if I only hold water? But what I hate is thisto see the pots that we come against every day of our lives all on the grumble and murmur system, and never satisfied. The pot of common clay wishes he was glazed, and the glazed pot wishes he was blue crockery, and the blue crock pot wishes he was gilt, and the gilt pot aint satisfied because he aint china; and one and all are regularly blind to the good they have themselves, and think their neighbours have all the pleasures of this world. Theyre so blind that they cant see the flaws in some of the china. Oh! if I had only been that beautiful vase! says the common yellow basin that the missus washes the tea-things up inOh! if I had only been that beautiful vase! says the basin, alluding to a piece of china as stands on our mantel-piecea vase that I picked up cheap at a sale. Why, the jolly old useful basin cant see the cracks, and flaws, and chips in our aristocratic friend; he cant see the vein-like marks, where he has been put together with diamond cement, nor that half-dozen brass rivets let into him with plaster of Paris. There, go to, brother yellow basin; and look alive, and learn that old saying about all not being gold that glitters. Aristocratic china is very pretty to look atvery ornamental; but if we put some hot water into the mended vase, and tried to wash up in it, where would it be, eh? Tell me that; while you, brother yellow basin, can bear any amount of hard or hot usage; and then, after a wipe out, stand on your side, dry, and with the consciousness of being of some use in this world; while the bit of chinawell, it is werry pretty to look at, certainly. Its werry nice to look at your heavy swellthe idle man of large means, who gives the whole of his mind to his tie or his looking-glass; the man with such beautiful whiskers, and such nice white hands; and when youve done looking at him you can say hes werry ornamental, werry chinaish, but he aint much good after all. But there; instead of grumbling about having to work for your living, just thank God for it. Look at your dirty, black, horny fists: stretch em out and feel proud of them, and then moisten em, and lay hold of whatever tool you work with, and go at it with the thought strong on you that man had mind, hands, and power given him to work with; and though toil be hard sometimes, why, the rest after s all the sweeter; while over even such poor fare as bread and cheese and an onion theres greater relish and enjoyment than the china vase gets over his entres, which often want spice and sauce-piquante to help them down. Man wasnt meant to be only ornamental; so dont grumble any more about being a yellow basin. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 34666
Author: Fenn, George Manville
Release Date: Dec 15, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English
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