 | Sir Narayen Ganesh Chandavarkar - 1911 - 668 pages
...wrong. The pessimist is making it go wrong. If you and I, dear reader, whatever we are, learn and try " to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages with open heart ; to study hard ; to think quietly ; act frankly ; talk gently, await occasions, hurry never," our motherland... | |
 | Bertha M. Terrill - 1911 - 260 pages
...wealthy, not rich 1$ to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, ,d frankly €J to listen to the tars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart ^ to bear all cheerfully tj to do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never ^ in a word, to let the spiritual unbidden and unconscious,... | |
 | James William Searson, George Ellsworth Martin - 1914 - 394 pages
...The Voyage. WORDSWORTH : The \\~ishing-Gate. BROOKS : The Beauty of a. Life of Service. MY SYMPHONY To live content with small means. To seek elegance...gently, act frankly. To listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart. To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry... | |
 | Henry Dodge Estabrook - 1914 - 380 pages
...simple, even to the verge of severity. Here is the way to live, as summed up by William Henry Channing: " To seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement...gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, to do all bravely, await occasions, hurry... | |
 | 1915 - 450 pages
...greatness flow 'round our incompleteness; 'round our restlessness, Thy rest." Amen. OLIN BURR COIT. To live content with small means ; to seek elegance...gently, act frankly ; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, to do all bravely, await occasions, hurry... | |
 | James Watt Raine - 1915 - 222 pages
...crossed the bar. 5. Write out an expansive paraphrase of "My Symphony," by William Henry Chanhing. To live content with small means, to seek elegance...gently, act frankly; to listen to stars, and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry... | |
 | Alfred Tyler Hemingway - 1915 - 96 pages
...of the propaganda of peace and good- will. M Learn and love William Henry Channing's "MY SYMPHONY" "To live content with small means, to seek elegance...worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds and sages with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly,... | |
 | 1919 - 424 pages
...himself count. One is by his life and work. Channing recognized this in his Symphony, when he said, "To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard,... | |
 | 1916 - 534 pages
...delicate "Symphony" by Will1am Henry Channing : "To live content with small means ; to seek elegance rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think Metly, talk gently, act frankly, etc." Simple rules of social and spiritual life, dressed with literary... | |
 | Mary Eleanor Kramer - 1917 - 322 pages
...motto in heraldic Latin, " Excelsior." 180. The following is William Henry Channing's " My Symphony " : To live content with small means, to seek elegance...gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with open heart ; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry... | |
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To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion ; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to... 
