 | 1903 - 480 pages
...you, you may change and mend; but words once spoken can never be recalled.— Roscomcom. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies closely at hand. — Carlyle. Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less... | |
 | 1903 - 836 pages
...ago a sentence in one of Carlyle's essays made a lasting impression on me : " Our duty is not to *ee what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." I have long maintained that the best motto for a student is, " Take no thought for the morrow."... | |
 | Sir William Osler - 1904 - 408 pages
...disaster. Years ago a sentence in one of Carlyle's essays made a lasting impression on me : " Our duty is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." I have long maintained that the best motto for a student is, " Take no thought for the morrow."... | |
 | Edward FitzGerald - 1904 - 268 pages
..." TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW. also, for its duties engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is not so see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Knowest thou YESTERDAY, its aims and reason ? Workest thou well TO-DAY for worthy things ? Then... | |
 | 1905 - 330 pages
...to our powers. — AMIEL. Our glory is in the race we run, not in the prize. — ROGERS. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — CARLYLE. Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves. — ROUSSEAU. Our land is rough... | |
 | Elizabeth Frances Atwood - 1905 - 216 pages
...given to mischief, of a prankish nature. to agree, to assent. frivolous friv'o Ions LESSON 24 Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — CARLILE. course course road, route, series, career. coarse coarse composed of large parts... | |
 | Jane Brownlee - 1905 - 40 pages
...neglected never brings future success. "Honest work is the only sure thing." "Our grand business in life is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." "Nothing is impossible to industry." "Work is an educator of character." "Nothing is so injurious... | |
 | Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher Vane (Bart), Francis Fletcher Vane - 1905 - 452 pages
...Jordaan's Siding, four miles to the north of Kroonstad. CHAPTER IV " Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." Carlyle. ON the evening of our arrival, having spent most of the day in settling up the hundred... | |
 | Sarah E. Sprague - 1906 - 396 pages
...sunshine and June. — Harriet Prescott Spofford. Too much rest is rust. — Sir Walter Scott. Our grand business is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Carlylc. " God gives us all some small, sweet way To set the world rejoicing." To him that... | |
 | Gertrude Lincoln Stone, Mary Grace Fickett - 1906 - 168 pages
...A witness to the ages as they pass, That simple duty hath no place for fear." LEARN : — Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Carlyle. FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO OHIO IT was Thanksgiving Day of 1787, and there was much to... | |
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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. 
