{"id":9420,"date":"2023-06-25T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9420"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T05:00:00","slug":"whatever-isis-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/whatever-isis-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Whatever Is\u2014Is Best"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83016689\/1915-06-25\/ed-1\/seq-14\/\">The Detroit Times, June 25, 1915<\/a>. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I know as my life grows older,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And mine eyes have clearer sight\u2014<br\/>That under each rank wrong, somewhere<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There lies the root of right;<br\/>That each sorrow has a purpose,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By the sorrowing oft unguessed,<br\/>But sure as the sun brings morning,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Whatever is\u2014is best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I know that each sinful action,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As sure as the night brings shade<br\/>Is somewhere, sometime punished<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tho\u2019 the hour be long delayed.<br\/>I know that the soul is aided<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sometimes by the heart\u2019s unrest<br\/>And to grow means often to suffer\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But whatever is\u2014is best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>I know there are no errors<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the great eternal plan,<br\/>And all things work together<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the final good of man.<br\/>And I know as my soul speeds onward<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In its grand eternal quest,<br\/>I shall say as I look back earthward,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Whatever is\u2014is best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Detroit Times, June 25, 1915. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox. I know as my life grows older,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And mine eyes have clearer sight\u2014That under each rank wrong, somewhere&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There lies the root of right;That each sorrow has a purpose,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By the sorrowing oft unguessed,But sure as the sun brings morning,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Whatever is\u2014is best. I know that each sinful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-9420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-detroit-times","tag-ella-wheeler-wilcox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}