| Matthew Denton - 1873 - 218 páginas
...and, if he has health and strength, he can achieve it. " The longer I live," says Sir Fowell Buxton, "the more I am certain that the great difference between...a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory." Every one, to speak generally, conquers by perseverance. In Great Britain, our industrious and hard-working... | |
| Horae, Henry Holmes Joy - 1873 - 374 páginas
...longer I live, the more I am certain, Secret of that the great difference between men, between uccessthe feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant...fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do any thing that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will... | |
| Mrs. F. Marshall Ward - 1873 - 142 páginas
...moans of anguish. There was no truth then, after all, in the grand precepts taught him by Mr. Smith, that " the great difference between men — between...energy, invincible determination, a purpose once fixed — then death or victory. The talent can do anything that can be done in this world." It was not true... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1873 - 400 páginas
...than we suppose, and the latter far more." 12. " The longer I live," says one of earth's noble sons, " the more I am certain that the great difference between...powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible5 determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory ! " That quality... | |
| Alexander Charles Ewald - 1874 - 320 páginas
...power of the will. A man who resolves to succeed will succeed. As my poor friend Caxton used to say, ' The longer I live the more I am certain that the great...a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.' And he was right. A man endowed with that quality will do anything that can be done in the world, and... | |
| Lucius Alonzo Butterfield - 1874 - 36 páginas
...space, Rayless and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air. MEDIUM. The longer I live, the more I am certain that the...powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy, invincible-determination. QUICK. All the little boys and girls, With rosy checks and flaxen curls,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1874 - 396 páginas
...than we suppose, and the latter far more." 12. " The longer I live," says one of earth's noble sons, " the more I am certain that the great difference between...great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible 5 determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory ! " That quality will do anything... | |
| William Mathews - 1874 - 376 páginas
...talent as in energy." " The longer I live," says another competent judge, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, " the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the great and the insignificant, is energy, invincible determination, an honest purpose once fixed, and... | |
| William Mathews - 1874 - 386 páginas
...talent as in energy." " The longer I live," says another competent judge, Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, " the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the great and the insignificant, is energy, invincible . determination, an honest purpose once iixed, and... | |
| John Lemley - 1875 - 412 páginas
...but be reminded of the words of Sir Fowell Buxton, and find myself compelled to subscribe to them : "The longer I live, the more I am certain that the...That quality will do anything that can be done in the world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man... | |
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