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" ... be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself — here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy. "
Thoughts - Page 148
by Jessie K. Freeman, Ladies of Fabiola Hospital Association, Fabiola hospital association, Oakland, Calif - 1901 - 157 pages
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Outlook and Independent, Volume 126

1920 - 844 pages
...time were Irvin Cobb, Don Marquis, and Oliver Herford, each authentic and each so different " little ; to spend a little less ; to make upon the whole a...these without capitulation ; above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself — here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...
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New Outlook, Volume 62

1899 - 978 pages
...Christ, but contains the spirit of Christ's teachings: To be honest ; to be kind : to earn a little and spend a little less; to make, upon the whole, a family...to renounce when that shall be necessary, and not be embittered ; to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation ; above all, on the same grim...
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Public Opinion, Volume 27

1899 - 862 pages
...perfect life as set forth in his own words on the fountain erected to his memory in San Francisco : "To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to...little less ; to make upon the whole a family happier by his presence ; to renounce where that shall be necessary, and not to be embittered; to keep a few...
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Scribner's Magazine, Volume 4

Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1888 - 882 pages
...of patience. There is no cutting of the Gordian knots of life ; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and...these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself — here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...
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Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1892 - 298 pages
...that of patience. There is no cutting of the Gordian knots of life; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and...presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim...
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Across the Plains: With Other Memories and Essays

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1892 - 322 pages
...cutting of the Gordian knots of life; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind—to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make...presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation—above all, on the same grim condition,...
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The Pocket R.L.S.: Being Favourite Passages from the Works of Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1914 - 236 pages
...pray God that we be not led into temptation ; but not lawful to skulk from those that come to us. "yO be honest, to be kind— to earn a little and to spend...these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim conditions, to keep friends with himself — here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...
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The Pocket R.L.S.: Being Favourite Passages from the Works of Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 238 pages
...God that we be not led into temptation ; but not lawful to skulk from those that come to us. 74 '"PO be honest, to be kind— to earn a little and to spend...these without capitulation— above all, on the same grim conditions, to keep friends with himself — here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude...
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The Holy Cross Purple, Volume 16

1903 - 752 pages
...Stevenson — and what a goal, well nigh unattainable, I fear, they suggest for a good resolution: " To be honest, to be kind, to earn a little and to...to renounce, when that shall be necessary, and not be embittered; to keep a few friends, but these without capitulation. Above all, on the same grim condition,...
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The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 15

Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, William Ernest Henley - 1895 - 452 pages
...that of patience. There is no cutting of the Gordian knots of life; each must be smilingly unravelled. To be honest, to be kind — to earn a little and...presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation — above all, on the same grim...
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