Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions, Reasonably Good-natvred, Concerning how to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to OthersThe Roycrofters, 1906 - 149 pages |
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Page 15
... difference of opinion that arose through a difference in temperament . The question is as alive to - day as it was two thousand years ago - what expression is best ? That is , what shall we do to be saved ? And concrete absurdity ...
... difference of opinion that arose through a difference in temperament . The question is as alive to - day as it was two thousand years ago - what expression is best ? That is , what shall we do to be saved ? And concrete absurdity ...
Page 17
... difference in the intelligence of people after all . The great man is not so great as folks think , and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems . The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is ...
... difference in the intelligence of people after all . The great man is not so great as folks think , and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems . The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is ...
Page 49
... hires a strong man occasionally from the outside and promotes him over everybody . Then out come the hammers ! But this makes but little difference to your competent manager - if a place is to be filled Love , Life and Work 49.
... hires a strong man occasionally from the outside and promotes him over everybody . Then out come the hammers ! But this makes but little difference to your competent manager - if a place is to be filled Love , Life and Work 49.
Page 89
... difference anyway . But Nora is always on the defensive and fabricates when it is necessary , and when it is n't , just through habit . She will hide a letter written by her grandmother as quickly and deftly as if it were a missive Love ...
... difference anyway . But Nora is always on the defensive and fabricates when it is necessary , and when it is n't , just through habit . She will hide a letter written by her grandmother as quickly and deftly as if it were a missive Love ...
Page 118
... difference between a thief and the only Begotten Son . In a frantic effort to forget its hollowness it takes to ping - pong , parchesi and progressive euchre , and seeks to lose itself and find solace and consolation in tiddle - dy ...
... difference between a thief and the only Begotten Son . In a frantic effort to forget its hollowness it takes to ping - pong , parchesi and progressive euchre , and seeks to lose itself and find solace and consolation in tiddle - dy ...
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Page 54 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 53 - I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during...
Page 97 - Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although she knows my days are past the best, Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue: On both sides thus is simple truth suppress'd.
Page 57 - I think if I worked for a man, I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of his time, but all of his time; I would give an undivided service or none.
Page 54 - What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit...
Page 54 - ... and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness ; beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.
Page 55 - I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you, I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness; beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 57 - If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn and eternally disparage, why, resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content. But, I pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution, do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the institution — not that — but when you disparage the concern of which you are a part, you disparage yourself.
Page 33 - Jesus took in his arms and said, " Of such is the kingdom of heaven...
Page 53 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You...