Fun and Pathos of One LifeNeale, 1908 - 187 pages |
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... give to it . This is applying experience to practical use , and Jack , courting experience , remem- bered her teachings from day to day , and ac- quired a store of knowledge for which he found ample need . Experience taught him that you ...
... give to it . This is applying experience to practical use , and Jack , courting experience , remem- bered her teachings from day to day , and ac- quired a store of knowledge for which he found ample need . Experience taught him that you ...
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... gives to those who grasp them ; but left unclaimed , they pass unused , unfruitful , unyielding into the night of the unreturning past . " " In the never ceasing , but always changing struggle of man , said the Teacher , some hands fold ...
... gives to those who grasp them ; but left unclaimed , they pass unused , unfruitful , unyielding into the night of the unreturning past . " " In the never ceasing , but always changing struggle of man , said the Teacher , some hands fold ...
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... give that wood - pile a hot half hour I'll give you a warm bite , but we don't want no ' Encyclo- pedias , nor On - a - bridge Websters , ' nor Left - overs - done - over - by - the - Cook , ' nor ' Be- your - own - Doctor , ' nor ...
... give that wood - pile a hot half hour I'll give you a warm bite , but we don't want no ' Encyclo- pedias , nor On - a - bridge Websters , ' nor Left - overs - done - over - by - the - Cook , ' nor ' Be- your - own - Doctor , ' nor ...
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... give up . To do that would have been as efficacious to right matters as would be the extraction of a bullet by an assassin from the heart of a man whom he had slain . Besides , he was cheered with the remembrance that even the Happy ...
... give up . To do that would have been as efficacious to right matters as would be the extraction of a bullet by an assassin from the heart of a man whom he had slain . Besides , he was cheered with the remembrance that even the Happy ...
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... give you the Holy Word in sections , I can deliver it to you in bulk . And while he would require years in the deliverance , I can give you the whole thing , for nine dollars , while you wait . " The old lady smiled and waved him ...
... give you the Holy Word in sections , I can deliver it to you in bulk . And while he would require years in the deliverance , I can give you the whole thing , for nine dollars , while you wait . " The old lady smiled and waved him ...
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Page 129 - OPPORTUNITY MASTER of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace — soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, . And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe...
Page 138 - Bring me men to match my mountains ; Bring me men to match my plains, — Men with empires in their purpose, And new eras in their brains.
Page 131 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of the means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 130 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 129 - MASTER of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace— soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek me in vain and...
Page 163 - Your flag and my flag! And, oh, how much it holds — Your land and my land — Secure within its folds! Your heart and my heart * Beat quicker at the sight; Sun-kissed and wind-tossed — Red and blue and white. The one flag — the great flag — the flag for me and you — Glorified all else beside — the red and white and blue!
Page 163 - Your Flag and my Flag! And, oh, how much it holds — Your land and my land — Secure within its folds ! Your heart and my heart Beat quicker at the sight; Sun-kissed and wind-tossed, Red and blue and white. The one Flag, — the great Flag — the Flag for me and you — Glorified all else beside — the red and white and blue...
Page 157 - May our Lord's dominion last Till a thousand years have passed, Twice four thousand times o'ertold! Firm as changeless rock, earth-rooted, Moss of ages imcomputed Grow upon it, green and old!
Page 140 - As to the constituency clamoring for more, of course, right now they have not got anything and that is why we are here and that is why we are paid such munificent salaries and are men of such courage and vertebrae.
Page 139 - Divinely breathed o'er form and face, In full array of love and light, That dazzled his adoring sight, By soul and sense to be revered, The angel of the world appear'd ! Then what a starry welcome rang ! Each orb an hymeneal sang, While shapes unutterably bright, From heaven gazed down with new delight...