...of much higher claims than are here b 2 -'advanced. " The race," says the Wise Man, " w not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill." Having been repeatedly solicited, however, as well by several Gentlemen of...

...works of much higher claims than are here advanced. " The race," says the Wise Man, " is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill." Having been repeatedly solicited, however, as well by several Gentlemen of...

...of his wise and gracious Providence. " I returned and saw under the Sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise nor riches to men of understanding, but time and chance happeneth to all ;" ie these events are regulated...

...is a truth of which illustrations present themselves to us every day, that " the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Do what some people will, everything seems to come to nought....

...endeavours, frail our present state; c [11] 1 returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all, d [12] For man also Icnowethnot his time: as the fishes that...

...done under the sun, that there is one event unto all. I saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to all men. That which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts, even...

...ii. 6—8. favour or displeasure of God towards any man on earth. " The race is not" always " to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all ; c that is, all these things are...

...returned and saw under the sun," says Solomon, " that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle tp the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all." Failures, therefore, cannot always be eluded by the most skilful...

...often very earjy blasted. It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding. — For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away, as an eagle towards heaven." The most...

...to Neptune. Even thus Do empty show and true priz'd worth divide In storms of fortune." SHAKSPEARE. THAT the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ; neither bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the men of understanding, nor favour to men of skill — all ages,...