08/28/1914
graphite pencil on lined paper
5 3/4 x 3 11/16 inches
Burchfield Penney Art Center courtesy of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2000
the drunkard paralysis (of both mind & body) and the lust-loving man a rheumatic and pessimistic old age.(HT)I sometimes think that workmen with hard times before them as now have something to do besides seeing the necklace of diamonds which forms a halo over their factory - the telegraph wires studded with sparkling drops of water!(HT)A rainy day - this adage is oft repeated - makes us love the sunny ones more So it is with the philosopher. There are days when he is pursued with the gravest doubts. His whole ideal of living seems awry - or indeed