water of life, n.Definitions

Water of life (n.) cannot ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be wrapped and tied in a paper parcel, yet our most gifted people wear out their ingenuity trying to package it.

The Water of life (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠easily had — everybody possesses it — but it is despised by the stupid, who assume every good thing is somewhere else and the source in their own souls a 'nothing but.'