MASTER 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, wake... The Technical World Magazine - Page 4331904Full view - About this book
 | 1907
...following poem by John James Ingalls in The Delta of Sigma Nu: OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destines am I! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait....uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more. The Desmos of Delta Sigma Delta: August — The Mask of Kappa Psi: July— The Shield of Phi Kappa... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1907
...remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate I If sleeping, wake ; if feasting, rise before I turn...uselessly implore; I answer not, and I return no more. —INOALLS. THE field marshal of New France, the Marquis De Montcalm, had no sooner arrived at Quebec... | |
 | Walter Dwight Moody - 1907 - 308 pages
...Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late If sleeping, wake; feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour...answer not, and I return no more. JOHN J. INGALLS. Successful salesmen — those who make territories yield a permanent, profitable business, the sort... | |
 | Thomas Edward Watson - 1911
...by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late, I knock unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, awake, if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour...uselessly implore, I answer not and I return no more! Tom-Sun— A True Story Capt. Jack Crawford THE report in the dispatches a short time ago of the death... | |
 | 1907
...follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death ! But those who doubt and hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore; I enter not, and return no more. 442 DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS. 443 Thus opportunity will sometimes... | |
 | 1907 - 179 pages
...conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury and woe, Sue me in vain and uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more! " — John James Ingalls. HIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous... | |
 | Henry Frank - 1908 - 239 pages
...quoted sonnet on "Opportunity attributed to the late Senator Ingalls, which runs as follows : " Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune on...uselessly implore: I answer not and I return no more." Were this, indeed, the law of life, the entire race might well despair. For how many among earth's... | |
 | George M Fadner - 1908
...will be well for most people to read this chapter twice, and some, several times. OPPORTUNITY. "Master of human destinies am I. Fame, love and fortune on...me in vain and uselessly implore. I answer not, and return no more." —By John J. Ingalls. ADVICE. After carrying a wet umbrella, do not leave it open... | |
 | William Salisbury - 1908 - 529 pages
...of human destinies am I. Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait Cities and fields I walk— 1 penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by...uselessly implore— I answer not, and I return no more!" Some time after this I heard a speech by Secretary of State Hay, who defended the President's action... | |
 | William Salisbury - 1908 - 529 pages
...of human destinies am I. Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk — 1 penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by...in vain, and uselessly implore— I answer not, and 1 return no more!" Some time after this I heard a speech by Secretary of State Hay, who defended the... | |
| |