Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 54; Volume 117Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1891 |
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... person's success , but not due to any inherent merit of his own . The good qualities which constitute merit may be divided into two classes : character and ability . The favorable cir- cumstances which we have called luck may likewise ...
... person's success , but not due to any inherent merit of his own . The good qualities which constitute merit may be divided into two classes : character and ability . The favorable cir- cumstances which we have called luck may likewise ...
Page 65
... person who possesses it knows how to let those to whom it is of value know that he does possess it . The proc- ess of cultivation of natural talent is called education , and it is only when education has made considerable progress that ...
... person who possesses it knows how to let those to whom it is of value know that he does possess it . The proc- ess of cultivation of natural talent is called education , and it is only when education has made considerable progress that ...
Page 68
... person of whom it is spoken . Human nature , unfortunately , is prone to listen to , and be interested in evil re- port , and to pay little heed to good report . The evil is remembered , the good soon forgotten . Let a man succeed in ...
... person of whom it is spoken . Human nature , unfortunately , is prone to listen to , and be interested in evil re- port , and to pay little heed to good report . The evil is remembered , the good soon forgotten . Let a man succeed in ...
Page 71
... person who possesses it knows how to let those to whom it is of value know that he does possess it . The proc- ess of cultivation of natural talent is called education , and it is only when education has made considerable progress that ...
... person who possesses it knows how to let those to whom it is of value know that he does possess it . The proc- ess of cultivation of natural talent is called education , and it is only when education has made considerable progress that ...
Page 71
... person of whom it is spoken . Human nature , unfortunately , is prone to listen to , and be interested in evil re- port , and to pay little heed to good report . The evil is remembered , the good soon forgotten . Let a man succeed in ...
... person of whom it is spoken . Human nature , unfortunately , is prone to listen to , and be interested in evil re- port , and to pay little heed to good report . The evil is remembered , the good soon forgotten . Let a man succeed in ...
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