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The every-day cares and duties, which men call drudgery, are the weights and counterpoises of the clock of time, giving its pendulum a true vibration, and its hands a regular motion; and when they cease to hang upon the wheels, the pendulum no longer swings, the hands no longer move, and the clock stands still.
— Longfellow
Longfellow
The point
Ordinary daily duties keep life running steadily, like weights that keep a clock ticking.
Scripture
Colossians 3:23
Audience
Adults
Tone
Reflective · Philosophical
To tell aloud
under a minute · 55 words