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... passed to its present summit of power , and we shall find that to labor unceasing does it owe its splendor , and that under similar circumstances , with equal advantages of culture , equal incentives , and as firm a will , there are few ...
... passed to its present summit of power , and we shall find that to labor unceasing does it owe its splendor , and that under similar circumstances , with equal advantages of culture , equal incentives , and as firm a will , there are few ...
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... passing them , at once seized on the topmost round of ambition's ladder , so that they still remained in the second class . " As the same acute writer further adds , a volcano does not give warning when it will break out , nor a ...
... passing them , at once seized on the topmost round of ambition's ladder , so that they still remained in the second class . " As the same acute writer further adds , a volcano does not give warning when it will break out , nor a ...
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... passed , by the narrow channel of those few hasty and careless stanzas , from the shores of oblivion , where he would have wandered till doomsday with thousands of unrecorded comrades , to those same Isles of the Blest , wherein , as we ...
... passed , by the narrow channel of those few hasty and careless stanzas , from the shores of oblivion , where he would have wandered till doomsday with thousands of unrecorded comrades , to those same Isles of the Blest , wherein , as we ...
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... passed , and Lamb's feelings had undergone a complete revolution . He had found that leisure . though a pleasant garment to look at , is a very bad one to wear , He had found that his humdrum task , the seemingly dreary drudgery of desk ...
... passed , and Lamb's feelings had undergone a complete revolution . He had found that leisure . though a pleasant garment to look at , is a very bad one to wear , He had found that his humdrum task , the seemingly dreary drudgery of desk ...
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... passed in toughness and powers of endurance by no others in the world . That the splendid empires which England has founded in every quarter of the globe have had their origin largely in the football contests at Eton , the boat - races ...
... passed in toughness and powers of endurance by no others in the world . That the splendid empires which England has founded in every quarter of the globe have had their origin largely in the football contests at Eton , the boat - races ...
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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.