Whether we make broad the phylactery or merely our minds, we are all alike at heart.

The first waking thought is invariably, What of the day?
It is a prayer--unconscious, unspoken, and sincere.

We are all sun worshipers; and when we meet we invoke the sky--a good day to you; a good night to you.

It is a highly significant fact that all conversation begins with the weather.

The weather is the most important fact in any one day, and, therefore, the most important fact in the sum of our days.
We recognize this truth in our greetings; we propitiate the dim and nameless gods of storm and sky; we reverence their might, their paths above our knowing.