|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: mansion of
John Weightman in the world. Did you not plan them for that?"
"Yes," answered the man, confused and taken aback, "I confess
that
I thought often of them in that way. Perhaps my heart was
set upon that too much. But there are other things--my endowment
for
the college--my steady and liberal contributions to all the
established charities--my support of every respectable--"
"Wait," said the Keeper of the Gate again. "Were not all these
carefully recorded on earth where they would add to your credit?
| 
