Ever since I first came upon it, five or six years ago, I have considered this one of the most beautiful quotations in the world --
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
The speaker was 19th-century Scottish critic Thomas Carlyle. We get a glimpse of Carlyle in this delightful drawing, by Helen Allingham.
Mmm, that is lovely. And I'm sure it is - I'm sure good deeds do get shared about through some kind of osmosis.
Posted by: Fiona Robyn | November 13, 2005 at 03:27 AM