Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting

Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting
Frederic Edwin Church Sunset painting
this symposium my part is only to sit in silence. To express one's feelings as the end draws near is too intimate a task 　　 　　But I may mention one thought that comes to me as a listener in. The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and to say to oneself: The work is done.But just as one says that, the answer comes: "The race is over, but the work never is done while the power to work remains. The canter that brings you to a standstill need not be only coming to rest. It cannot be, while you still live. For to live is to function. That is all there is to living."