Recently I read these powerful lines from the poem "Elegy written in a country church-yard" by Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the Poor.
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike th' inevitable hour:-
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Apparently Thomas Alva Edison liked to recite these lines to his close associates! A man who was an ardent inventor and profoundly changed the life of entire humanity with his inventions was mindful of his gifts in life and was humble enough to walk by these lines.
Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure;
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the Poor.
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,
Awaits alike th' inevitable hour:-
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Apparently Thomas Alva Edison liked to recite these lines to his close associates! A man who was an ardent inventor and profoundly changed the life of entire humanity with his inventions was mindful of his gifts in life and was humble enough to walk by these lines.
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