The Moral Vision
Hasten Slowly
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again. All of this will take time, precious time—time
which should have been spent on the onward
journey. Had he proceeded in a normal, unhurried
way, he would have reached his destination all in
good time.
Just as it is wrong to delay, it is equally wrong to be
in too much of a hurry. All work can be completed
in due course. To delay work is idle and
irresponsible, but to do it with unseemly and
unwarrantable haste is a sign of crass impatience. In
the world of God, where each event has its allotted
time, both extremes are doomed to failure.
