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Show Standard of Excellence 1 At the height of his career: Claude Monet, the famed Frenc 7 painter, destroyed 12 pictures u a sheet of water, the fruit of thre ; years' work, because they did nC-rise nC-rise to his standard. If our sens : of what is good in conduct were a c high and sensitive as that of thi artist, we would be dissatisfies : with many of the choices that make. How often we accept the secon :: best simply because we have n:' standard of excellence! When w : are too easily influenced by th crowd, we stop short of the best ! our decisions are made in accord ance with poor, human ideals iu stead of in obedience to the wik of God. |