Whoever is ready and willing to work, will have work; and the more he does, the more work will come to him. Work does not seek the idle man, but thrusts itself upon the industrious one.
State Department Cane
c. 1861
A gift to William Henry Seward when he was Secretary of State from a Mr. Cox. This cane, on display in the Diplomat Gallery, was a gift to William Henry Seward when he was Secretary of State from a Mr. Cox. It is made of mahogany with a highly polished marble handle and a brass band with an inscription that reads “Carved from the handrail of the old State Dept. for Wm. H. Seward.”
