“A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.”

“The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.”

“First, not a word more from you about the past. There was an error in your calculations. I know what that is. It affects the whole machine, and failure is the consequence. You will profit by the failure, and will avoid it another time. I have done a similar thing myself, in construction, often. Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.”

“I love these little people; and it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.”

“It is no small thing, when they, who are so fresh from God, love us. ”

“And it is not a slight thing when we are loved by those so fresh from God.”

“Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.”