e of employment; but if I should be doomed to write there I hope that the subject…matter of my toil may; as in the vision; prove to be not fiction but history; which I love。 In all the worlds above us there must be much history to record。 Also there must be much good work to do; which is fortunate。 At least I can conceive no idle heaven — where it “is always afternoon。” To me such a place would be the reverse of heaven。 To me happiness and work well done; or service faithfully acplished; are words with a like meaning。
And now; with many apologies; I will turn to mundane things again。 Before I do so; however; as I dare say I shall allude