 | Henry Albert Stimson - 1902 - 180 pages
...women that we are. That birth in Bethlehem made possible such an ideal and rule of life as this: " To live content with small * means ; to seek elegance...worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich ; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart ; to study hard and think quietly, act... | |
 | 1916 - 616 pages
...delicate "Symphony" by William Henry Channing : "To live content with small means ; to seek elegance rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable;...study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, etc." of the people and rules of health, set forth with the original touch of which Dr. Corwin is master,... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1886 - 518 pages
...harvest field. To be a workingman, poor, humble ; to perform without show or shunning menial services ; to live content with small means ; to seek elegance...hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly ; to have an oratory in my own heart, and present spotless sacrifices of dignified kindness in the temple... | |
 | 1914 - 528 pages
...CHEMICAL MFG. CO., NEW YORK, USA - 2When Writing to Our Advertisers, Please Mention The Medical Herald. TO live content with small means— to seek elegance...gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart — to bear all cheerfully — do all bravely, await occasions —... | |
 | 1894 - 614 pages
...seek elegance rather than luxury : refinement rather than fashion ; to be worthy, not respectable; wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly ; to listen to stare and birds, babes and sages, with open heart ; to bear all cheerfully : do all bravely : await... | |
 | 1915 - 220 pages
...Miss Xellie C. Sullivan, president Ideal School Women's Club. * * * MY SYMPHONY Win. Henry Channing. To live content with small means; to seek elegance...gently, act frankly: to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages. with open heart ; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never;... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.). Meeting - 1898 - 1156 pages
...soon as we do as well as we know, we shall breed children who will live up to Channing's high ideal : To live content with small means ; to seek elegance...listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with open hearts ; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never — -in a word, to let... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 pages
...chords Will strike another when in turn you seek. — John Bogle O'Reilly. SATURDAY. Symphong of Life. To live content with small means ; To seek elegance rather than luxury, Refinement rather than fashion ; To be worthy, not simply respectable; And wealthy, not simply rich... | |
 | Newell Dwight Hillis - 1900 - 344 pages
...pathetic eloquence he said, "It is, indeed, forbidden me to write or speak, but not to aspire and be. To live content with small means; to seek elegance...worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to do all cheerfully, bear all bravely; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart;... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1897 - 604 pages
...has so beautifully sketched in what he calls his Symphony might well be the wish and aim of all : — "To live content with small means, To seek elegance...than luxury, And refinement rather than fashion ; To bear all cheerfully, Do all bravely ; To listen to birds and stars, To babes and sages, with open heart... | |
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To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich... 
