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Quote by Beatrice Webb
If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the

If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited. – Beatrice Webb

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