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 when this conviction pressed upon her, "ah! the Fairy was wiser than I! She has given my Viola all gifts in one. 'She shall make the best of everything!' the good spirit said; and, blind that I was, I could not see that to make the best of everything was to have no faculty undeveloped, no power wasted; to let no opportunity be lost, to be conquered by no trial, to pursue the right path steadfastly and unweariedly, to find out the use of the very roughness of the road! That blessed endowment surpasses the boon of genius and beauty, yet gives birth to both! Assuredly, no one can know how abundant are God's blessings, (come they in what shape they may,) until he has made the best of every one!"