 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 562 pages
...round the Shall we, in our haste to slay, From the tombs of the old prophets steal prophets of to-day ? They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires!... | |
 | 1891 - 624 pages
...silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn. ******* New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They...gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims b«, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate wintry sea, Nor attempt the Future's... | |
 | Thomas Greenwood - 1891 - 656 pages
...more firmly established. These progressive instincts in our national life find an echo in the language of Lowell : — " New occasions teach new duties !...still, and onward, Who would keep abreast of Truth." CHAPTER III. The Plea for Public Libraries. Aa a question purely social and absolutely free from the... | |
 | Alexander Francis Chamberlain - 1891 - 70 pages
...only as the nest Whence glory-winged things to Heaven have flown. and these:— New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They...still, and onward, who Would keep abreast of Truth. And time has justified their belief. At the Seventh Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association... | |
 | James Boyd Brady - 1891 - 352 pages
...cast around for some new plan and pursue it with manly intelligence and vigor." " New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and forward Who would keep abreast of truth." The first two lines of this stanza may be made to contain... | |
 | 1892 - 396 pages
...the funeral lamps away To light the martyr-fagots round the prophets of to-day? New occasions teach new duties ; time makes ancient good uncouth ; They...camp-fires ! We ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayfloiver, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the future's portal with... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1892 - 88 pages
...the happy future of his country if it was to justify the hope of her children, he repeated the words of Lowell : " New occasions teach new duties, time...would keep abreast of truth. Lo! before us gleam her camp fires, we ourselves must pilgrims be, 4 Launch our Mayflower and steer boldly through the desperate... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1892 - 88 pages
...the happy future of his country if it was to justify the hope of her children, he repeated the words of Lowell : / " New occasions teach new duties, time...would keep abreast of truth. Lo ! before us gleam her camp fires, we ourselves must pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower and steer boldly through the desperate... | |
 | GEORGE WIILLIAM CURTIS - 1892 - 90 pages
...the happy future of his country if it was to justify the hope of her children, he repeated the words of Lowell: " New occasions teach new duties, time...still and onward who would keep abreast of truth. Lo 1 before us gleam her camp fires, we ourselves must pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower and steer boldly... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1892 - 790 pages
...toward the rising sun. He rinds a solution and •peace in tliat noble stanza : New occasions teach new duties: Time makes ancient good uncouth; They...would keep abreast of Truth; Lo, before us gleam her camp flres ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate... | |
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New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth... 
