 | Karl Hilty - 1900 - 374 pages
...©ott, ober auf Síenfcfjen »erlaffen roolicit. 1 S)er gleise ©rfiriftfteltev fagt mtd): „Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." 33gl. аиф Ьаё |фопе 32eujctï)râiieb oon ÍJlaul ©erwarb, 9lr. 67 bcr SJrübcrgcmcinbe.... | |
 | 1900 - 734 pages
...have the pleasure of presenting to our readers. They were as follows: Our great business is not to sec what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Courage in danger is half the battle. A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making... | |
 | Rosa Nouchette Carey - 1901 - 442 pages
...who would not be ashamed of being beloved when they love no longer."—LA ROCHEFOUCALD. " Our grand business is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand."—CARLYLE. LATER on in the evening, as they gathered on the balcony to enjoy the coolness of the breeze after... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida C. Bender - 1901 - 268 pages
...Waterloo. Thunder-clouds : on the morning of the battle a thunder-storm broke over both armies. Our grand business is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — CARLYI.K. The Sky BY JOHN EUSKIN John Ruskin (1819-1900). An English author best known as... | |
 | Alice Rose Power - 1901 - 216 pages
...done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. — Burns. Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Carlyle. It is better to wear out than to rust out. — Bishop Cumberland. The manly part... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 504 pages
...bounty suffices them ; and wise men also, for its duties engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. " Know'st them Yesterday, its aim and reason ; Work'st thou well To-diiy, for worthy things 1... | |
 | Edward Amherst Ott - 1902 - 236 pages
...more profitable to reckon up our defects than to boast of our attainments. — CARLYLE. 18. Our grand business is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — CARLYLE. 19. Affection is the broadest basis of a good life. — GEORGE ELIOT. • 20. The... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1902 - 348 pages
...bounty suffices them: and wise men also, for its duties engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Knowest thou YESTERDAY, its aim and reason? Workest thou well TO-DAY for worthy things? Then... | |
 | S. D. Waterman, J. W. McClymonds, C. C. Hughes - 1903 - 200 pages
...— Shakespeare. Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. — Webster. Our grand business is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Thomas Oarlyle. With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the riglit... | |
 | 1903 - 172 pages
...holy; Let all thy deeds be thy prayer to thy God! —Frances S. Osgood. Our grand business in life is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Carlyle. Not what I have, but what I do, is my kingdom. — Carlyle. He that would relish... | |
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Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. 
