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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... passed through Thuringia in 1547 , on his return to Swabia after the battle of Muehl- burg . He wrote to Catherine , Countess Dowager of Schwartzburg , promising that her subjects should not be molested in their persons or property if ...
... passed through Thuringia in 1547 , on his return to Swabia after the battle of Muehl- burg . He wrote to Catherine , Countess Dowager of Schwartzburg , promising that her subjects should not be molested in their persons or property if ...
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... passed , and then Saltese , in the name of the head men of the tribes , decreed that McClellan should immediately be put to death in retaliation for the hanging of the two Indian thieves . McClellan had said nothing . He had known that ...
... passed , and then Saltese , in the name of the head men of the tribes , decreed that McClellan should immediately be put to death in retaliation for the hanging of the two Indian thieves . McClellan had said nothing . He had known that ...
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... passed , " We shall all be in in five minutes ; " then he told the crowd that there was no immediate danger if they would slowly dis- perse , although he thought it prudent to adjourn to a place where there would be no risk whatever ...
... passed , " We shall all be in in five minutes ; " then he told the crowd that there was no immediate danger if they would slowly dis- perse , although he thought it prudent to adjourn to a place where there would be no risk whatever ...
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... make a breach . But seconds , min- utes , and tens of minutes passed , without a sound from the mine , and the suspense became painful . Lieuten ant Doughty and Sergeant Rees volunteered to examine the fuse DARE . 29.
... make a breach . But seconds , min- utes , and tens of minutes passed , without a sound from the mine , and the suspense became painful . Lieuten ant Doughty and Sergeant Rees volunteered to examine the fuse DARE . 29.
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... passed the allotted limit of life . Victor Hugo and Wellington were both in their prime after they had reached the age of threescore years and ten . George Bancroft wrote some of his best historical work when he was eighty - five ...
... passed the allotted limit of life . Victor Hugo and Wellington were both in their prime after they had reached the age of threescore years and ten . George Bancroft wrote some of his best historical work when he was eighty - five ...
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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.