 | 1865 - 980 páginas
...stated here. The publishers merit the people's thanks. LESSONS IN LIFE, PEOGEESS, AND IMPEOVEMENT. " The heights, by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sadden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." — Longfellow.... | |
 | Samuel Neale - 1795 - 550 páginas
...accident — these are the dreams of indolence — but by steadfast perseverance and rigid self-culture. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." In truth, every thought and every hour were consecrated by this boy-sculptor to progress in his chosen... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 páginas
...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before,... | |
 | 1866 - 836 páginas
...feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. 2 The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night. 3 Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 páginas
...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may... | |
 | Cheltenham College - 1867 - 362 páginas
...Wykehamist devotes itself, in one of its leaders, to the refutation of the opinion — " The heights that great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." Preferring, rather, the old creed — " Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes... | |
 | 1866 - 284 páginas
...ЕГЕ81ОНТ, PORISO OVER MISERABLE BOOKS." " The heights that great men reached and kept Were not obtained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.'' THIS sentiment may be very true, and to watch the midnight lamps may be of use, in making Poets Laureate,... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - 1867 - 414 páginas
...Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may... | |
 | John A. Wallace - 1867 - 296 páginas
...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may... | |
 | S S. Pugh - 1867 - 244 páginas
...Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. " Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We... | |
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The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night. 
