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Quotation from The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

“how blessed are the results of patient continuance in well-doing, what benefits arise from the thoughtful application of knowledge and science, and how good and pleasant a thing it is when brethren dwell together in unity, under the eye of parental love”

Johann David Wyss (spoken by The father)

The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter XVIII, trans. W. H. G. Kingston (1879)

Portrait of Johann David Wyss

Handing his journal to Fritz, the father states what he hopes young readers will take from it, echoing Romans 2:7 and Psalm 133.

Citation: "how blessed are the results of patient continuance in well-doing, what benefits arise from the thoughtful application of knowledge and science, and how good and pleasant a thing it is when brethren dwell together in unity, under the eye of parental love" — Johann David Wyss, The Swiss Family Robinson, Chapter XVIII, trans. W. H. G. Kingston (1879). (id the-swiss-family-robinson-q7)

Virtues: Industry, Friendship

Portrait: The Family Robinson Crusoe, 1816, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain.

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