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" TV/FASTER 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,... "
The Technical World Magazine - Page 433
1904
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Opportunity: Optimizing Life's Chances

Donald Morris - 2006 - 470 pages
...industry. — Confucius Behold. I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it. — Rev. 3:8 I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away . . . [for] I return no more! — John James Ingalls Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any...
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Dictionary of Proverbs

George Latimer Apperson - 2006 - 656 pages
...handcs the offer of a goo torne. 1891:JJlngalls, Opportunity' in Truth (NY) 19 Feb., 17, I [Opportunity] knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before I turn away. ..[for] I return no more. 1941: 'P. Wentworth', Unlawful Occasions, xxiv, It was an opportunity with...
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Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989

Michael R. Beschloss - 2007 - 451 pages
...posted a photograph of a bear and a John James Ingalls sonnet called "Opportunity," which began, Master of human destinies am I Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait. From that new West Wing office in 1903, Roosevelt asked Congress to establish a Department of Commerce,...
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The North American Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 49

1901 - 944 pages
...treasurer; Myron G. Sparon, MD, Beloit, censor to 1904. Senator Ingalls' Poem, "Opportunity." Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love, and fortune...follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer even' foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek...
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L. A. W. Bulletin and Good Roads, Volume 8

1907 - 586 pages
...Pittsburgh to have Senator Ingalls write as he did to remind them of their duty: "Master of human destiny am I. Fame. Love and Fortune on my footsteps wait:...away, it is the hour of fate. And they who follow mo roach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death, and those who doubt or hositato....
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The Labour Annual, Volume 2

1896 - 264 pages
...94, 6d. — An exhaustive and convincing argument in favour of the Single Tax. OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destinies am I Fame, love, and fortune on...feasting, rise before I turn away ; it is the hour oi fate. And those who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death...
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Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Colorado of the Most ..., Volumes 41-43

1901 - 1490 pages
...statesman, John J. Ingalls, if he is to be credited with the following definition of opportunity: "Master of human destinies am I ; Fame, love and fortune on...gate. If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before 1 turn away. It is the hour of fate, And those who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and...
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The Caledonian, Volume 4

1904 - 672 pages
...love and forture on my f cotstep.; \\ait. Cities and fields I walk ; I penetrate Deserts and fields remote, and, passing by Hovel and mart and palace,...reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every fee Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate Condemned to failure, penury or woe, Seek me in vain...
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The Woman's Medical Journal, Volume 27

1917 - 372 pages
...not opportunity call to you? "Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my foosteps wait. Cities and fields I walk : I penetrate Deserts...before I turn away! It is the hour of fate. ' ' And those who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death ; but those...
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The Tobacco Worker, Volumes 13-14

E. Lewis Evans - 1909 - 684 pages
...offices, and having more than $100,000 in its local treasury. It has 2,500 members. 20 OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destinies am I, Fame, love and fortune on...unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping, wake — if resting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state...
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