Modern Achievement, Volume 1Edward Everett Hale University Soc., 1902 - Biography |
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... truth in the answer made to the editor of a Western newspaper who sent to all the success- ful men in his city this question : " Why is it that not more of our young men succeed ? " And one answer came in this la- conic phrase ...
... truth in the answer made to the editor of a Western newspaper who sent to all the success- ful men in his city this question : " Why is it that not more of our young men succeed ? " And one answer came in this la- conic phrase ...
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... truth ; he met ingratitude and enmity with forgiveness and love . At last he completed his symphony of an ideal life , that he hoped would help the youth and maiden to make each day as perfect as a song , each deed as holy as a prayer ...
... truth ; he met ingratitude and enmity with forgiveness and love . At last he completed his symphony of an ideal life , that he hoped would help the youth and maiden to make each day as perfect as a song , each deed as holy as a prayer ...
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... truth . Putting his ear down to the rocks , the listening geologist hears the story of the rocks . Standing under the stars , the listening astronomer hears the music of the spheres . Leaving behind the din and dust of the city ...
... truth . Putting his ear down to the rocks , the listening geologist hears the story of the rocks . Standing under the stars , the listening astronomer hears the music of the spheres . Leaving behind the din and dust of the city ...
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... truths about earth and air , about plants and animals and men , does not mean culture . No fool is a perfect fool until he can talk Latin . Try- ing to steal the secret of the honey bee , a scientist extracted the sweets of half an acre ...
... truths about earth and air , about plants and animals and men , does not mean culture . No fool is a perfect fool until he can talk Latin . Try- ing to steal the secret of the honey bee , a scientist extracted the sweets of half an acre ...
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... truth , that is at once the foundation of character , and rounds the structure with strength and beauty . Vast issues also are involved in the injunction " to talk gently . " Noise is weakness . The rattle of machinery means waste power ...
... truth , that is at once the foundation of character , and rounds the structure with strength and beauty . Vast issues also are involved in the injunction " to talk gently . " Noise is weakness . The rattle of machinery means waste power ...
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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.