sweetest-spirited

Updated: May 22, 2025

I have the feeling that I spoke the words, but you are the lecture itself." What a smile she gave me! "Yes, I know about the hard knocks," she said. "I have been in pain most of my life. But I have learned all that I know sitting in this chair. I have learned to be patient and kind and loving and brave." They told me this crippled woman was the sweetest-spirited, best-loved person in the town.

Ralph Parlette - The University of Hard Knocks