what is specific day in your life
Answers
The number of fake Mark Twain quotations grows significantly every year. I fear that a civilization of the distant future will credit Twain with authorship of every extant text. Here are two versions of a saying that has improbably been attributed to the man from Hannibal, Missouri:Our times call not for diction but for action. It has been said that the two most important days of a man’s life are the day on which he was born and the day on which he discovers why he was born. This is why we were born: To love the Lord our God with all our heart and soul and mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves.
Based on current evidence the provenance is anonymous. This article presents a snapshot of what QI has found, and subsequent researchers may discover more information.
In 1906 a book called “Boulder Reveries” referred to the “two most important days in a man’s existence”. One was the day of birth, but the other was the day of death. Thus, the author, W. S. Blatchley, was making a different philosophical point: 2
Of the two most important days in a man’s existence, he remembers absolutely nothing. One is the day on which he is ushered onto earth—the other the day when he departs therefrom. His first articulate sound is a plaintive cry for food; his last is often a more plaintive appeal to God.In 1924 “The Cincinnati Enquirer” of Cincinnati, Ohio reported on a speech delivered to new law graduates that included a precursor highlighting three days: 3
James Albert Green made the address last night at the commencement exercises of the Cincinnati Young Men’s Christian Association Night Law School. In his address he declared that the three most important days of a man’s life are the days of his birth, wedding and graduation.
In 1961 the popular children’s book “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster was published. It contained a scene with an inquisitive “Senses Taker” whose name was a pun on “Census Taker”. The main character Milo was pestered with a lengthy series of questions, and two corresponded to the implicit inquires in the quotation: 4
“Oh, this won’t take a minute,” the man assured them. “I’m the official Senses Taker, and I must have some information before I can take your senses. Now, if you’ll just tell me when you were born, where you were born, why you were born, how old you are now; how old you were then, how old you’ll be in a little while, your mother’s name, your father’s name, your aunt’s name. . .
As noted previously, the minister Ernest T. Campbell included the saying in a sermon he delivered on January 25, 1970:
It has been said that the two most important days of a man’s life are the day on which he was born and the day on which he discovers why he was born.
A few years later, on November 18, 1973 Campbell employed a variant of the saying during another sermon he composed that was published by his church: 5
l hope it will help u ☺️✌️☺️
