Levi H. Dowling

“ I tell you, men, what you have done to these, my kindred, you have done to me.
22. You have insulted me in your own home; I cannot stay. I will go forth and find that child, that woman and that man, and give them help until my life's blood all has ebbed away.
23. I call it pleasure when I help the helpless, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick, and speak good words of cheer to those unloved, discouraged and depressed. ”

“ The wise man is the one who seeks for pleasure, and can find it everywhere.
6. At best man's span of life on earth is short, and then he dies and goes, he knows not where.
7. Then let us eat, and drink, and dance, and sing, and get the joys of life, for death comes on apace.
8. It is but foolishness to spend a life for other men. Behold, all die and lie together in the grave, where none can know and none can show forth gratitude. ”

“ How could I seek for pleasure for myself while others are in want? How can you think that while the children cry for bread, while those in haunts of sin call out for sympathy and love that I can fill myself to full with the good things of life? ”