Success in Life: A Book for Young MenT. Nelson, 1858 - 332 páginas |
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... able talent , surpassed in commercial life by one apparently greatly his inferior , from no other reason than this , that while the one devotes his whole energy and his undivided thoughts to the object of his life , the other is ...
... able talent , surpassed in commercial life by one apparently greatly his inferior , from no other reason than this , that while the one devotes his whole energy and his undivided thoughts to the object of his life , the other is ...
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... able and useful pursuits may prove of such avail to many readers , that the following chapters have been written , in illustration of success in life . But , above all , this book is designed to show , that the elevated principles of ...
... able and useful pursuits may prove of such avail to many readers , that the following chapters have been written , in illustration of success in life . But , above all , this book is designed to show , that the elevated principles of ...
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... able dealing of her merchants ; that all the glories of British policy , and British valour , are far eclipsed by the moral splendour which British faith has thrown over the name and the character of our nation ; nor has she gathered so ...
... able dealing of her merchants ; that all the glories of British policy , and British valour , are far eclipsed by the moral splendour which British faith has thrown over the name and the character of our nation ; nor has she gathered so ...
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... able pen of the Rev. Thomas Binney , in a lecture to young men , originally delivered by him in Exeter Hall , London . From this we shall derive the chief features of the interesting narrative . " Towards the close of the last century ...
... able pen of the Rev. Thomas Binney , in a lecture to young men , originally delivered by him in Exeter Hall , London . From this we shall derive the chief features of the interesting narrative . " Towards the close of the last century ...
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... able to govern this country . In private life , notwithstanding his avarice , all his deal- ings were marked by the most inflexible integrity ; and although to save a halfpenny at a turnpike gate , he would ride a dozen miles out of his ...
... able to govern this country . In private life , notwithstanding his avarice , all his deal- ings were marked by the most inflexible integrity ; and although to save a halfpenny at a turnpike gate , he would ride a dozen miles out of his ...
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Página 180 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Página 315 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Página 313 - Good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.
Página 62 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try : Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air ; His watchword at the gates of death ; He enters heaven with prayer. 5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, Returning from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry—
Página 42 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world ; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Página 81 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Página 86 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle I Be a hero in the strife ! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Página 18 - as I have no means of knowing what is best to be done, I will be guided by the luck which shall attend this spider. If the insect shall make another effort to fix its thread, and shall be successful, I will venture a seventh time to try my fortune in Scotland ; but if the spider shall fail I will go to the wars in Palestine, and never return to my native country more.
Página 105 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Página 315 - TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness ; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself avoid trifling conversation.