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 páginas |
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... 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 skirt and , when the train came in view ...
... 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 skirt and , when the train came in view ...
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... nearly five thousand in Lowell in favor of the candi- dacy of James Buchanan for the presidency . The floor of the great hall began to sink , settling more and more as he proceeded with his address , until a sound . of cracking timber ...
... nearly five thousand in Lowell in favor of the candi- dacy of James Buchanan for the presidency . The floor of the great hall began to sink , settling more and more as he proceeded with his address , until a sound . of cracking timber ...
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... nearly lost his The age of chivalry is not gone by . This is as knightly a deed as poet ever chronicled . own . A mouse that dwelt near the abode of a great magi- cian was kept in such constant distress by its fear of a cat , that the ...
... nearly lost his The age of chivalry is not gone by . This is as knightly a deed as poet ever chronicled . own . A mouse that dwelt near the abode of a great magi- cian was kept in such constant distress by its fear of a cat , that the ...
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... Nearly all great men , those who have towered high above their fellows , have been remarkable above all things else for their energy of will . Of Julius Cæsar it was said by a contemporary that it was his activity and giant ...
... Nearly all great men , those who have towered high above their fellows , have been remarkable above all things else for their energy of will . Of Julius Cæsar it was said by a contemporary that it was his activity and giant ...
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... nearly all other for- eign nations fled in dismay , but Washburn remained at his post . Shells exploded close to his office , and fell all around it , but he did not leave even when Paris was in flames . For a time he was really the ...
... nearly all other for- eign nations fled in dismay , but Washburn remained at his post . Shells exploded close to his office , and fell all around it , but he did not leave even when Paris was in flames . For a time he was really the ...
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Página 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...
Página 232 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.