Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson - Pulvis et Umbra

In which the inscrutable cosmos and the frail human race are examined with an unsparing yet tender eye, revealing a world rife with struggle and a species persistently striving for goodness amid inevitable failure. Stevenson meditates on the stubborn ideal of duty that guides man and many creatures, inspiring a quiet admiration for their unceasing effort despite the harshness of existence.