 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...  The Equitable News: An Agents' Journal - Page 51900Full view - About this book
 | 1907 - 608 pages
...following poem by John James Ingalls in The Delta of Sigma Nu: OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destines am I! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait....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... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1907 - 526 pages
...republic on earth is to-day unknown. CHAPTER XVII. MONTCALM'S OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destinies am 11 Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait Cities...palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate I If sleeping, wake ; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow... | |
 | Walter Dwight Moody - 1907 - 318 pages
...success. Those who perceive and enter gain the treasure. To those who do not heed, Opportunity says : Master of human destinies am I; Fame, love, and fortune...passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late If sleeping, wake; feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me... | |
 | Thomas Edward Watson - 1911 - 748 pages
...found and a new world is open to us, a new life is begun. Let us read again Ingall's classic lines on Opportunity: Master of human destinies, am I! Fame,...love and fortune on my footsteps wait, Cities and towns I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or... | |
 | George M Fadner - 1908 - 426 pages
...FIFTY DOLLARS. It will be well for most people to read this chapter twice, and some, several times. OPPORTUNITY. "Master of human destinies am I. Fame,...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... | |
 | Henry Frank - 1908 - 280 pages
...often quoted sonnet on "Opportunity attributed to the late Senator Ingalls, which runs as follows : " Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune...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... | |
 | John Conrad Hemmeter - 1908 - 316 pages
...great opportunity to increase our endowment, an opportunity which we should not fail to make use of. "Master of human destinies am I; Fame, love and fortune...unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wake, if feasting, rise before I turn away; it is the hour of fate And those who follow me reach every state... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - 1908 - 352 pages
...prospect lies before me ; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. OPPORTUNITY BY JOHN J. INGALLS Master of human destinies am I Fame, love and fortune,...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... | |
 | Arthur Henry Chamberlain - 1908 - 284 pages
...it to worthy ends. The thought is expressed in these lines entitled Opportunity, by John J. Ingalls. "Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune...soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate! If feasting, rise; if sleeping, wake before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me... | |
 | James T. DuBois - 1908 - 200 pages
...come but once, and if lost are lost forever. Ingalls wrote of opportunity: " Master of human destiny am I. Fame, love. and fortune on my foot-steps wait....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... | |
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