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... nature is capable , and die with the consciousness that he has done his best . SYDNEY SMITH . — Men must know that in this theatre of man's life it remaineth only to God and angels to be lookers - on . - BACON . Toil alone could not ...
... nature is capable , and die with the consciousness that he has done his best . SYDNEY SMITH . — Men must know that in this theatre of man's life it remaineth only to God and angels to be lookers - on . - BACON . Toil alone could not ...
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... nature with as much genius and fire as that thun- dering Jupiter of the orchestra , the leader ; but , alas ! he plays second fiddle . The world is an orchestra , and men are players . All of us are playing some part in the production ...
... nature with as much genius and fire as that thun- dering Jupiter of the orchestra , the leader ; but , alas ! he plays second fiddle . The world is an orchestra , and men are players . All of us are playing some part in the production ...
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... nature . They forget that it does not consist in the gratification of the desires , nor in that freedom from care , that imaginary state of repose , to which most men look so anxiously forward , and with the prospect of which their ...
... nature . They forget that it does not consist in the gratification of the desires , nor in that freedom from care , that imaginary state of repose , to which most men look so anxiously forward , and with the prospect of which their ...
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... natural world , it would be only necessary to improve our vision to a higher degree of acuteness , to make the sublimest scenes in nature and the most magnificent works of art appear horrid and deformed , so in the moral , too nicely to ...
... natural world , it would be only necessary to improve our vision to a higher degree of acuteness , to make the sublimest scenes in nature and the most magnificent works of art appear horrid and deformed , so in the moral , too nicely to ...
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... nature of genius to labor patiently , and hence it is easy to leap to the conclusion that genius is but patient labor . But though genius is essentially active , and will labor , though not always by square rule and compass , it is the ...
... nature of genius to labor patiently , and hence it is easy to leap to the conclusion that genius is but patient labor . But though genius is essentially active , and will labor , though not always by square rule and compass , it is the ...
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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.