 THE wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the Many, honored by the Few; To count as naught in World, OP Church, or State, But inwardly in secret to be great...  Educational Review - Página 1521912Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | James Russell Lowell - 1917 - 662 páginas
...ITALT, February, 1874. JEFFRIES WYMAN DIED 4th SEPTEXBEB, 1874. [.Vatvm, New York, October 8, 1874.] THE wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true. Safe from the Many, honoured by the Few ; Nothing to court in World, or Church, or State, But inwardly in secret to be... | |
 | Grace Williamson Edes - 1922 - 598 páginas
...illness at his summer home at Weston, Massachusetts, on the third of June, 1903. The wisest man can ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the Many, honored by the Few; Nothing to court in world, or Church, or State; But inwardly, in secret, to be great; Mr. Williamson... | |
 | 1924 - 224 páginas
...part, there all the honor lies." And an American poet, JR Lowell, thus expresses the same thought : "The wisest man could ask no more of fate, Than to...manly, true, Safe from the many, honored by the few; Nothing to court in church or world or state, But inwardly, in secret, to be great." CHARACTERISTICS... | |
 | American Library Association - 1926 - 920 páginas
...tribute to his friend, Dr. Wyman, which so perfectly fit Mr. Cutter, that I will quote them here : "The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true." Mr. Cutter died at Walpole, New Hampshire, during a vacation visit, September 6, 1903, at the age of... | |
 | Francis Greenwood Peabody - 1927 - 364 páginas
...to have written of him the lines which Lowell dedicated to the memory of another Harvard scholar : 'The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to...Church or State, But inwardly, in secret, to be great. ' He widened knowledge and escaped the praise ; He wisely taught, because more wise to learn ; He toiled... | |
 | 1875 - 1202 páginas
...interest to others. Yours truly, CHARLES H. LEONARD, MD ©intuarg. JEFFRIES WYMAN. [Died Sept. 4th.] THE -wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to...manly, true, Safe from the Many, honored by the Few; Nothing to court in World, or Church, or State, But inwardly, in secret, to be great ; To feel mysterious... | |
 | American Library Association - 1926 - 924 páginas
...tribute to his friend, Dr. Wyman, which so perfectly fit Mr. Cutter, that I will quote them here : "The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true." Mr. Cutter died at Walpole, New Hampshire, during a vacation visit, September 6, 1903, at the age of... | |
 | 1912 - 510 páginas
...expression of my own feelings in memoriam of Thos. McConkey and I bring them as flowers upon his bier: The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be...manly, true, Safe from the Many, honored by the Few ; Nothing to court in world, or church, or State, But inwardly in secret to be great ; To feel mysterious... | |
 | 1913 - 1052 páginas
...the words which our own poet used in describing another of our greatest and best loved associates, The wisest man could ask no more of fate Than to be...manly, true. Safe from the many, honored by the Few; To feel mysterious Nature ever new; To touch, if not to grasp, her endless clue, And learn by each discovery... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1897 - 526 páginas
...associate of Lowell in Cambridge, and eminent as a man of science in the field of comparative anatomy. THE wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be...Many, honored by the Few; To count as naught in World, OP Church, or State, But inwardly in secret to be great; To feel mysterious Nature ever new; To touch,... | |
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