Rising in the World: Or, Architects of Fate; a Book Designed to Inspire Youth to Character Building, Self-culture and Noble AchievementSuccess Company, 1897 - 478 pages |
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... fire enough and earth enough , capable of receiving impressions from all things , and not too susceptible , then no gift need be bestowed on him . He brings his fortune with him . " Diogenes sought with a lantern at noontide in ancient ...
... fire enough and earth enough , capable of receiving impressions from all things , and not too susceptible , then no gift need be bestowed on him . He brings his fortune with him . " Diogenes sought with a lantern at noontide in ancient ...
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... fire , but whose passions are trained to heed a strong will , the servant of a tender conscience ; who has learned to love all beauty , whether of nature or of art , to hate all vileness , and to respect others as him- self . " God ...
... fire , but whose passions are trained to heed a strong will , the servant of a tender conscience ; who has learned to love all beauty , whether of nature or of art , to hate all vileness , and to respect others as him- self . " God ...
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... fire creep up to the heart , this is heroism . - F . W. ROBERTSON . - " STEADY , men ! Every man must die where he stands ! " said Colin Campbell to the Ninety - third COMMODORE PERRY " We have met the enemy and they III.
... fire creep up to the heart , this is heroism . - F . W. ROBERTSON . - " STEADY , men ! Every man must die where he stands ! " said Colin Campbell to the Ninety - third COMMODORE PERRY " We have met the enemy and they III.
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... fire it shall be the first burned . " " This was the hand that wrote it , " he again exclaimed at the stake , " therefore it shall suffer first punishment ; " and holding it steadily in the flame , " he never stirred nor cried till life ...
... fire it shall be the first burned . " " This was the hand that wrote it , " he again exclaimed at the stake , " therefore it shall suffer first punishment ; " and holding it steadily in the flame , " he never stirred nor cried till life ...
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... fire , and that if the train , which was nearly due , entered it a dreadful wreck would take place . Thereupon she ran out upon the track to a place where she could be seen from some little distance . Then she took off her red flannel ...
... fire , and that if the train , which was nearly due , entered it a dreadful wreck would take place . Thereupon she ran out upon the track to a place where she could be seen from some little distance . Then she took off her red flannel ...
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Page 9 - 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 232 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 4 - ... whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of Nature and of the laws of her operations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.
Page 387 - The Holy Supper is kept, indeed, In whatso we share with another's need; Not what we give, but what we share, ! For the gift without the giver is bare; Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me.
Page 263 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Page 9 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 211 - The secretary stood alone. Modern degeneracy had not reached him. Original and unaccommodating, the features of his character had the hardihood of antiquity. His august mind overawed majesty, and one of his sovereigns thought royalty so impaired in his presence that he conspired to remove him, in order to be relieved from his superiority.
Page 66 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Page 212 - Upon the whole, there was in this man something that could create, subvert, or reform ; an understanding, a spirit, and an eloquence, to summon mankind to society, or to break the bonds of slavery asunder, and to rule the wilderness of free minds with unbounded authority ; something that could establish or overwhelm empire, and strike a blow in the world that should resound through the universe.
Page 121 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.