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
| William Elsey Connelley - 1909 - 252 pages
...with the beautiful in any form. It is a diamond of purest water perfectly cut: OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune on...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more! The sentiment of this poem is not universally accepted. Efforts to controvert its teaching were early... | |
| 1909 - 412 pages
...ornament was this signed manuscript copy of Ingalls's famous poem, "Opportunity." OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destinies am I ! Fame, love and fortune on...uselessly implore I answer not, and I return no more! — Jn°- J- fngalls. LESSON II. — October 9. THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS. — Matthew 25 : 14-30.... | |
| William Elsey Connelley - 1909 - 256 pages
...with the beautiful in any form. It is a diamond of purest water perfectly cut: OPPORTUNITY. Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune on...and uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no morel The sentiment of this poem is not universally accepted. Efforts to controvert its teaching were... | |
| 1909 - 744 pages
...penetrate deserts and fields remote, And passing by hovel and mart and palace, soon or late, 1 1 'it' ;•' I knock unbidden once at every gate; If sleeping,...uselessly implore, I answer not and I return no more. If we grasp the opportunities as jhey present, we can make hygiene, sanitation, right-living, pure... | |
| 1907 - 918 pages
...fate. And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, fnd conquer every foe Save death, and those who doubt or hesitate. Condemned to failure,...me in vain and uselessly implore. I answer not, and return no more." Pittsburgh has accepted fully, promptly and intelligently her every opportunity. No... | |
| 1909 - 732 pages
...reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death ; while those who doubt or hesitate, Seek me in vain, and uselessly implore ; I answer not, and I return no more. — John J. Ingalls. Boy: "Come quick! There's a man been fighting my father mor'n half hour." Policeman: "Why didn't you... | |
| 1910 - 388 pages
...sooner or later, and it is indispensable that one be ready to take advantage of it. OPPORTUNITY Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune on...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more! (IS0 ivordsl N0TE.— This sonnet on Opportunity was written by the late John J. Ingalls, formerly... | |
| Edith Huntington Mason - 1910 - 430 pages
...it aloud," she suggested. " If you wish," he said, and read these verses on " Opportunity ": "Master of human destinies am I; Fame, Love, and Fortune on...uselessly implore; I answer not, and I return no more." The voice of the reader shook into silence as the last sounding phrase rolled from his lips, momentous... | |
| 1910 - 534 pages
...There's joy a-plenty in this world to fill life's silver cup Opportunity BY JOHN J. INGALLS. Master of human destinies am I. Fame, love, and fortune on...uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more. Things Are All Right ANONYMOUS. Let the howlers howl, and the growlers growl, and the prowlers prowl,... | |
| Wallace Rice, Frances Rice - 1910 - 466 pages
...OPPORTUNITY MASTER of human destinies am II Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and field I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing...implore. I answer not, and I return no more! JOHN JAMES INGALLS. PROEM SOME said, "He was strong." He was weak; For he never could sing or speak Of the... | |
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