Grahame - Messing About in Boats CarvingABOUT THIS CARVING Full Inscription: There is NOTHING absolute nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Grahame Origins: Kenneth Grahames 1908 childrens classic, The Wind in the Willows contains this famous wisdom as uttered by the Water Rat. And yes, our beautiful and somewhat whimsical carving contains the correct wording uncorrupted by time and the manipulations of the possibly well intended. (The word is indeed absolute,

but because the shorter phrase appeals both to those who enjoy the outdoors and those who like that it serves as a reminder to “soak in” life’s positive things

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we will rejoice and be glad in it

with the term "Golden Rule" emerging circa 1850 in both England and the United States

- master or servant

top-mount for credenza display

The Old English letterform essentially modernized for the Victorians the readability of a much older blackletter style to evoke the desirable qualities and feeling of that earlier period

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we thought referencing the original thirteen colonies with a traditional thirteen star ornament was appropriate

Who well their hours employ

The Wind in the Willows contains this famous wisdom as uttered by the Water Rat

This thought is from a letter of encouragement Lincoln penned in 1860 to George Latham