Sign

Object/Artifact

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Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club

Name/Title

Sign

Entry/Object ID

Artifact 236

Description

Wood plaque/sign with engraved black motivational wording. Text: "Renew thyself completely each - day, do it again, - & again, forever - again." Letters are carved into wood and painted black.

Made/Created

Notes

Cataloged by Sydney Pietrzak 6/4/17

Dimensions

Height

23 in

Width

60 in

Location

Location

Wall

East wall

Room

Zahler Boathouse

Date

September 3, 2021

Notes

Hanging over door from Zahler Boathouse to entry way, and past that to Main Boathouse.

Research Notes

Notes

This sentence/counsel was cited by Henry David Thoreau in "Walden" (1854) p. 140: "I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say that characters were engraven on the bathing tub of King Tching-thang to this effect: 'Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again.' " Other websites attribute this sentence/counsel to Confucius.