Pushing to the Front: Or, Success Under Difficulties; a Book of Inspiration and Encouragement to All who are Struggling for Self-elevation Along the Paths of Knowledge and of DutyThomas Y. Crowell Company, 1894 - 312 páginas |
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... strength . VI . WHAT CAREER ?. · Your talent is your call . " What can you do ? " is the interro- gation of the century . Better adorn your own than seek another's place . VII . CONCENTRATED ENERGY . One unwavering aim . Don't dally ...
... strength . VI . WHAT CAREER ?. · Your talent is your call . " What can you do ? " is the interro- gation of the century . Better adorn your own than seek another's place . VII . CONCENTRATED ENERGY . One unwavering aim . Don't dally ...
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... Strength hitherto unsuspected came from somewhere , and the heroic girl pulled one oar in even time with her father . At length the nine were safely on board . " God bless you ; but ye're a bonny English lass , " said one poor fellow ...
... Strength hitherto unsuspected came from somewhere , and the heroic girl pulled one oar in even time with her father . At length the nine were safely on board . " God bless you ; but ye're a bonny English lass , " said one poor fellow ...
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... strength and your honor is priceless . Existence is the privilege of effort , and when that privilege is met like a man , opportunities to suc- ceed along the line of your aptitude will come faster than you can use them . If a slave ...
... strength and your honor is priceless . Existence is the privilege of effort , and when that privilege is met like a man , opportunities to suc- ceed along the line of your aptitude will come faster than you can use them . If a slave ...
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... strength of tubes and rods of equal diameters . For ages astronomers had been fami liar with the rings of Saturn , and regarded them merely as curious exceptions to the supposed law of planetary formation ; but Laplace saw that ...
... strength of tubes and rods of equal diameters . For ages astronomers had been fami liar with the rings of Saturn , and regarded them merely as curious exceptions to the supposed law of planetary formation ; but Laplace saw that ...
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... strength ? Even when the Chosen People supposed their progress checked by the Red Sea , and their leader paused for Divine help , the Lord said , " Wherefore criest thou unto me ? Speak unto the children of Israel , that they go forward ...
... strength ? Even when the Chosen People supposed their progress checked by the Red Sea , and their leader paused for Divine help , the Lord said , " Wherefore criest thou unto me ? Speak unto the children of Israel , that they go forward ...
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Pushing to the Front: Or Success Under Difficulties, a Book of Inspiration ... Orison Swett Marden Visualização completa - 1896 |
Pushing to the Front, Or Success Under Difficulties: A Book of Inspiration ... Orison Swett Marden Visualização completa - 1896 |
Pushing to the Front: Or, Success Under Difficulties; a Book of Inspiration ... Orison Swett Marden Visualização completa - 1894 |
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A. T. Stewart Æneid army asked beautiful became become better Cæsar called chance cheerful death defeat door earth Emerson England enthusiasm everything eyes failure fame father feel fire fortune genius George Stephenson girls give greatest hand heart Henry Ward Beecher honor Horace Greeley hour Hugh Miller Humphry Davy hundred John king knew labor learned Lincoln live look Lord Brougham luck Madame de Staël man's mind minutes Molière morning Napoleon nature never night once opportunity poor President replied Rufus Choate ruin SAMUEL F. B. MORSE says seemed soldier soon soul Stephen Girard struggle success tact talent Tampion tell things thou thought Thurlow Weed tion to-day told turn victory Washington Webster whole wonderful words write wrote young youth
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Página 23 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward...
Página 223 - 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.
Página 169 - ... 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 317 - Never give up ! there are chances and changes Helping the hopeful a hundred to one, And through the chaos High Wisdom arranges Ever success — if you'll only hope on : Never give up ! for the wisest is boldest, Knowing that Providence mingles the cup, And of all maxims the best, as the oldest, Is the true watchword of, Never give up.
Página 69 - ... devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught; then with useful and generous labors preserving the body's health and hardiness...
Página 371 - 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 272 - Luther says that the prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings ; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment, and character ; here are to be found its true interest, its chief strength, its real power.
Página 226 - These are traits, and measures, and modes ; and the true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops, — no, but the kind of man the country turns out.
Página 103 - Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, but different from all these.
Página 53 - THE rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick, and stone, and gold, And he inherits soft white hands, And tender flesh that fears the cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee. The rich man's son inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn, A breath may burst his bubble shares, And soft white hands could hardly earn A living that would serve his turn; A heritage, it seems...