But I, of course, would not bother for such. My finely touched spirit has still its fine issues, though they are not widely visible. I spend time on mundane items which have no fame on the earth. But the effect of my being on those around me is incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who live faithfully a hidden life, and will rest in unvisited tombs.