Pushing to the Front, Volume 1Success Company's branch offices, 1911 - 824 pages |
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... heart a sheaf of Austrian spears , thus opening a path through which his comrades pressed to freedom ? —when for years Napoleon did not lose a single battle in which he was personally engaged ? — when Wellington fought in many climes ...
... heart a sheaf of Austrian spears , thus opening a path through which his comrades pressed to freedom ? —when for years Napoleon did not lose a single battle in which he was personally engaged ? — when Wellington fought in many climes ...
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... heart the same simple , earnest , faithful boy who had tried so hard to become a good stone - cutter in the shop of Pisano . Some may not have heard how the boy Antonio took advantage of this first great opportunity ; but all know of ...
... heart the same simple , earnest , faithful boy who had tried so hard to become a good stone - cutter in the shop of Pisano . Some may not have heard how the boy Antonio took advantage of this first great opportunity ; but all know of ...
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... heart that might be turned inside out and disclose no stain of dishonor ? To have done no man a wrong ; to have put ... hearts , true faith and ready hands : Men whom the lust of office does not kill ; Men whom the spoils of office ...
... heart that might be turned inside out and disclose no stain of dishonor ? To have done no man a wrong ; to have put ... hearts , true faith and ready hands : Men whom the lust of office does not kill ; Men whom the spoils of office ...
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... heart of this resolute youth was touched with pity for the millions of England's and Ireland's poor , starving un- der the Corn - Laws . During the frightful famine , which cut off two millions of Ireland's population in a year , John ...
... heart of this resolute youth was touched with pity for the millions of England's and Ireland's poor , starving un- der the Corn - Laws . During the frightful famine , which cut off two millions of Ireland's population in a year , John ...
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... heart . In another log - cabin , in the backwoods of Ohio , a poor widow is holding a boy eighteen months old , and wondering if she will be able to keep the wolf from her little ones . The boy grows , and in a few years we find him ...
... heart . In another log - cabin , in the backwoods of Ohio , a poor widow is holding a boy eighteen months old , and wondering if she will be able to keep the wolf from her little ones . The boy grows , and in a few years we find him ...
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Page 18 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 12 - 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.
Page 462 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates : The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Page 509 - For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, For want of a horse, the rider was lost, For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
Page 344 - Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
Page 509 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
Page 453 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust. Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just. Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside. Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified. And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
Page 762 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Page 366 - Poverty is uncomfortable, as I can testify ; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard, and compelled to sink or swim for himself. In all my acquaintance I never knew a man to be drowned who was worth the saving.
Page 252 - 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.