Pushing to the Front, Or, Success Under Difficulties: A Book of Inspiration and Encouragement [etc.]Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896 |
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... wonderful mechanism God gave you in your hand , in your foot , in your eye , in your ear , and then ask some doctor to take you into the dissecting - room and illus- trate to you what you have read about , and never again commit the ...
... wonderful mechanism God gave you in your hand , in your foot , in your eye , in your ear , and then ask some doctor to take you into the dissecting - room and illus- trate to you what you have read about , and never again commit the ...
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... wonderful produc tion , " The Forge , " copies of which are to be seen in many a home . What chance had Galileo to win renown in physics or astronomy , when his parents compelled him to go to a medical school ? Yet while Venice slept ...
... wonderful produc tion , " The Forge , " copies of which are to be seen in many a home . What chance had Galileo to win renown in physics or astronomy , when his parents compelled him to go to a medical school ? Yet while Venice slept ...
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... wonderful power of sticking to a subject . He used almost to apologize for his patience , saying that he could not bear to be beaten , as if it were a sign of weakness . One of his favorite sayings was : " It's dogged that does it . " A ...
... wonderful power of sticking to a subject . He used almost to apologize for his patience , saying that he could not bear to be beaten , as if it were a sign of weakness . One of his favorite sayings was : " It's dogged that does it . " A ...
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... wonderful patience , persever- ance , and carefulness is that he collected his material for his " Origin of Species " during twenty years , and for his " Descent of Man " during nearly thirty . Tupper may be a little old - fashioned ...
... wonderful patience , persever- ance , and carefulness is that he collected his material for his " Origin of Species " during twenty years , and for his " Descent of Man " during nearly thirty . Tupper may be a little old - fashioned ...
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... wonderful amount of knowledge of birds and beasts and insects . But , from the lack of ability to read and write , he could not classify and use what he learned . So , slowly and laboriously , he acquired these useful arts . In the hope ...
... wonderful amount of knowledge of birds and beasts and insects . But , from the lack of ability to read and write , he could not classify and use what he learned . So , slowly and laboriously , he acquired these useful arts . In the hope ...
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Página 22 - There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 21 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward...
Página 203 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
Página 367 - O Father ! grant Thy love divine To make these mystic temples Thine ! When wasting age" and wearying strife Have sapped the leaning walls of life, When darkness gathers over all, And the last tottering pillars fall, Take the poor dust Thy mercy warms, And mould it into heavenly forms ! VIII.
Página 351 - Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof And blench not at thy chosen lot, The timid good may stand aloof, The sage may frown — yet faint thou not, Nor heed the shaft too surely cast, The foul and hissing bolt of scorn; For with thy side shall dwell, at last, The victory of endurance born.
Página 181 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Página 271 - If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Página 166 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life to lead, From joy to joy; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Página 299 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build.
Página 219 - IT IS TRUE, I CANNOT PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FLOWING POISON; GAIN-SEEKING AND CORRUPT MEN WILL, FOR PROFIT AND SENSUALITY, DEFEAT MY WISHES ; BUT NOTHING WILL INDUCE ME TO DERIVE A REVENUE FROM THE VICE AND MISERY OF MY PEOPLE.