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... carried into the work , and not the work a man does ; that the most despised calling may be made honorable by the honor of its professors ; that a blacksmith may be a man of polished manners , and a million- naire a clown ; that a ...
... carried into the work , and not the work a man does ; that the most despised calling may be made honorable by the honor of its professors ; that a blacksmith may be a man of polished manners , and a million- naire a clown ; that a ...
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... carried out any of his great strategical operations in Spain , or put the keystone to the arch of his glory at Waterloo , think you he was dreaming of a star and a garter ? No ; he thought only of giving the French a sound thrashing ...
... carried out any of his great strategical operations in Spain , or put the keystone to the arch of his glory at Waterloo , think you he was dreaming of a star and a garter ? No ; he thought only of giving the French a sound thrashing ...
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... carry half of them ; or like the inmates of the Black Hole at Calcutta , where all who could not get near the aperture in the wall were suffocated , the survivors owing their safety as much to position and selfish- ness as to strength ...
... carry half of them ; or like the inmates of the Black Hole at Calcutta , where all who could not get near the aperture in the wall were suffocated , the survivors owing their safety as much to position and selfish- ness as to strength ...
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... carry Cæsar and his good fortune . " Some of the great- est modern generals have agreed with Bacon that “ outward accidents conduce much to fortune . " Marlborough , who planned his battles so carefully , talked more than once about his ...
... carry Cæsar and his good fortune . " Some of the great- est modern generals have agreed with Bacon that “ outward accidents conduce much to fortune . " Marlborough , who planned his battles so carefully , talked more than once about his ...
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... carrying through life the weight of a diseased and tortured body ; of Nelson , little and lame ; of Channing , with his frail , clayey tabernacle ; of the pale Lawrence , weighing from day to day the morsels of bread which alone his ...
... carrying through life the weight of a diseased and tortured body ; of Nelson , little and lame ; of Channing , with his frail , clayey tabernacle ; of the pale Lawrence , weighing from day to day the morsels of bread which alone his ...
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Page 96 - Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
Page 268 - Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
Page 192 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Page 105 - Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.
Page 97 - Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, but different from all these.
Page 127 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Page 87 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Page 55 - People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life, is to be a good animal.
Page 5 - Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play, and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught...
Page 335 - At half past nine by the meet'n'-house clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once,— All at once, and nothing first,— Just as bubbles do when they burst.