 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
 | 1909
...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
...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
...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
...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 - 401 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... | |
 | Wallace Rice, Frances Rice - 1910 - 428 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... | |
 | 1910 - 221 pages
...and seas remote, and, passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late, I knock unbidden once on every gate. If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before...uselessly implore; I answer not, and I return no more. The date of first appearance of this sonnet is not known to the editors. It is extracted here from... | |
 | Francis Lewis Wellman - 1910 - 257 pages
...feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state 57 Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death;...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more ! " Lord Thurlow's ultimate rise was owing to a chance opportunity to display his wonderful attainments.... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1910
...every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Commend to Failure, Penury and Woe, Seek me in vain, and uselessly implore — I answer not, and I return no more! Another type of tramp, who has my sympathy in large measure, is he who has been honest in his efforts... | |
 | Joe Mitchell Chapple - 1911 - 447 pages
...and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know. Charles Kingsley. OPPORTUNITY Master of human destinies am I . Fame, love, and fortune...answer not, and I return no more. John J. Ingalls. ROCK OF AGES— THE HYMN Rock of Ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in Thee. Let the water and... | |
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