Rising in the World: Or, Architects of Fate; a Book Designed to Inspire Youth to Character Building, Self-culture and Noble AchievementSuccess Company, 1894 - 478 pages |
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Page 22
... ruins of the building . Returning rather leisurely to the platform , he whispered to Choate as he passed , " We shall all be in in five minutes " ; then he told the crowd that there was no immediate danger if they would slowly disperse ...
... ruins of the building . Returning rather leisurely to the platform , he whispered to Choate as he passed , " We shall all be in in five minutes " ; then he told the crowd that there was no immediate danger if they would slowly disperse ...
Page 29
... ruined for life . " Wellington said that at Waterloo the hot- test of the battle raged round a farmhouse , with an orchard surrounded by a thick hedge , which was so important a point in the British position that orders were given to ...
... ruined for life . " Wellington said that at Waterloo the hot- test of the battle raged round a farmhouse , with an orchard surrounded by a thick hedge , which was so important a point in the British position that orders were given to ...
Page 34
... ruined himself . " But in thus ruining himself Chase had taken the first important step in a career in which he became Governor of Ohio , United States Senator from Ohio 34 RISING IN THE WORLD.
... ruined himself . " But in thus ruining himself Chase had taken the first important step in a career in which he became Governor of Ohio , United States Senator from Ohio 34 RISING IN THE WORLD.
Page 55
... tions once , yet they would cause loss in nine- ty - nine other cases . He never lost a ship , and many times that which brought financial ruin to many others , as the War of 1812 , only increased THE WILL AND THE WAY 55.
... tions once , yet they would cause loss in nine- ty - nine other cases . He never lost a ship , and many times that which brought financial ruin to many others , as the War of 1812 , only increased THE WILL AND THE WAY 55.
Page 79
... rent the ledge , and difficulties and obstacles have squared and chiseled the granite blocks into grace and beauty . Many a man has been ruined into salvation . 66 66 The lightning which smote his dearest hopes . USES OF OBSTACLES 79.
... rent the ledge , and difficulties and obstacles have squared and chiseled the granite blocks into grace and beauty . Many a man has been ruined into salvation . 66 66 The lightning which smote his dearest hopes . USES OF OBSTACLES 79.
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