Pushing to the Front, Or Success Under Difficulties: A Book of Inspiration and Encouragement to All who are Struggling for Self-elevation Along the Paths of Knowledge and of Duty |
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... Thurlow Weed , " has found the best opportunities for mental improvement in his intervals of leisure while tending ' sap - bush . ' Such , at any rate , was my own experience . At night you had only to feed the kettles and keep up the ...
... Thurlow Weed , " has found the best opportunities for mental improvement in his intervals of leisure while tending ' sap - bush . ' Such , at any rate , was my own experience . At night you had only to feed the kettles and keep up the ...
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... Thurlow Weed ; so did David B. Hill . New York seems to have been 38 PUSHING TO THE FRONT .
... Thurlow Weed ; so did David B. Hill . New York seems to have been 38 PUSHING TO THE FRONT .
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... Thurlow Weed earned his first shilling by carrying a trunk on his back from a sloop in New York harbor to a Broad Street hotel . He had very few chances such as are now open to the humblest boy , but he had name- less tact and intuition ...
... Thurlow Weed earned his first shilling by carrying a trunk on his back from a sloop in New York harbor to a Broad Street hotel . He had very few chances such as are now open to the humblest boy , but he had name- less tact and intuition ...
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... Thurlow Weed , study nights by the light of a camp - fire in a sugar - orchard ? Would you walk through the snow two miles , with pieces of rag carpet tied about your feet for shoes , that you might , like him , borrow a coveted book ...
... Thurlow Weed , study nights by the light of a camp - fire in a sugar - orchard ? Would you walk through the snow two miles , with pieces of rag carpet tied about your feet for shoes , that you might , like him , borrow a coveted book ...
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... Thurlow Weed would treat the same subject in a few words in the " Albany Evening Journal , " and put the argument into such shape as to carry far more conviction . " Be brief , " Cyrus W. Field would say to callers ; " time is very ...
... Thurlow Weed would treat the same subject in a few words in the " Albany Evening Journal , " and put the argument into such shape as to carry far more conviction . " Be brief , " Cyrus W. Field would say to callers ; " time is very ...
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Page 23 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward...
Page 303 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build.
Page 207 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
Page 355 - Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof And blench not at thy chosen lot, The timid good may stand aloof, The sage may frown — yet faint thou not, Nor heed the shaft too surely cast, The foul and hissing bolt of scorn; For with thy side shall dwell, at last, The victory of endurance born.
Page 185 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 273 - If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
Page 169 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life to lead, From joy to joy; for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 223 - IT IS TRUE, I CANNOT PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FLOWING POISON; GAIN-SEEKING AND CORRUPT MEN WILL, FOR PROFIT AND SENSUALITY, DEFEAT MY WISHES ; BUT NOTHING WILL INDUCE ME TO DERIVE A REVENUE FROM THE VICE AND MISERY OF MY PEOPLE.
Page 355 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Page 131 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.