Modern Achievement, Volume 1Edward Everett Hale University Soc., 1902 - Biography |
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... . The finest process of charac- ter - building through which a man can pass is that of poverty . It is a priceless stimulus . Such conditions as hard work and an education obtained with difficulty breed men , and men XXV.
... . The finest process of charac- ter - building through which a man can pass is that of poverty . It is a priceless stimulus . Such conditions as hard work and an education obtained with difficulty breed men , and men XXV.
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... hard fact , proven and proven again , hard though it may be to believe it , that every man gets in this world pretty much what he deserves . Every man is measured by his capacities , and his capacities measure the degree of success . So ...
... hard fact , proven and proven again , hard though it may be to believe it , that every man gets in this world pretty much what he deserves . Every man is measured by his capacities , and his capacities measure the degree of success . So ...
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... hard ; to think quietly , act frankly , talk gently , await occasions , hurry never ; in a word , to let the spiritual , unbidden and unconscious , grow up through the common - this is my symphony . A WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING . MONG those ...
... hard ; to think quietly , act frankly , talk gently , await occasions , hurry never ; in a word , to let the spiritual , unbidden and unconscious , grow up through the common - this is my symphony . A WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING . MONG those ...
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... hard and thinking quietly . " If some rich men fill their shelves with books that are never read , some poor men fill their memory with facts upon which they never think . The mere accumulation of truths about earth and air , about ...
... hard and thinking quietly . " If some rich men fill their shelves with books that are never read , some poor men fill their memory with facts upon which they never think . The mere accumulation of truths about earth and air , about ...
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Edward Everett Hale. nothing but the clatter of the rail . This is hard circumstance . But what is circumstance to a trained child of God living by the divine order . I ought to be able to bid Shakespeare meet with Milton here . I may ...
Edward Everett Hale. nothing but the clatter of the rail . This is hard circumstance . But what is circumstance to a trained child of God living by the divine order . I ought to be able to bid Shakespeare meet with Milton here . I may ...
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Page 307 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost;" being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for the want of a little care about a horseshoe nail!
Page 80 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 329 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Page 329 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 314 - These six things doth the Lord hate: Yea, seven are an abomination unto him : A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Page 21 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order; ready, like a steam engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind...
Page 181 - Rowan took the letter and did not ask, "Where is he at?" By the Eternal! there is a man whose form should be cast in deathless bronze and the statue placed in every college of the land. It is not book-learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffening of the vertebrae which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies: do the thing— "Carry a message to Garcia.
Page 309 - Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy." And, after all, of what use is this pride of appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered ? It cannot promote health, or ease pain, it makes no increase of merit in the person ; it creates envy ; it hastens misfortune.
Page 310 - This Doctrine, my Friends, is Reason and Wisdom; but after all, do not depend too much upon your own Industry, and Frugality, and Prudence, though excellent Things, for they may all be blasted without the Blessing of Heaven; and therefore, ask that Blessing humbly, and be not uncharitable to those that at present seem to want it, but comfort and help them. Remember, Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous. And now to conclude, Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other,...
Page 314 - Be not among winebibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh : For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.