...The sky is filled with stars invisible by day. — Henry W. Longfellow OPPORTUNITY Opportunity MASTER of human destinies am I. Fame, love, and fortune on...implore — I answer not, and I return no more. — John James Ingalls THEY do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fail to find you in; For...

...room was very plain. The President had a wall motto hung beside his desk. It was as follows: Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more! Just one little thing before I close these White House memories. All the employees around the White...

...every gate. If sleeping, wake: if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate And those who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and...uselessly implore: I answer not and I return no more." I am convinced that what many people consider good fortune or good luck is simply the ability to recognize...

...years ago John J. Ingalls, then senator from Kansas, wrote this little Ode to opportunity : "Master of human destinies am I, Fame, love and fortune on...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more." Now I regard that as a very beautiful piece of English, but a little pessimistic on the subject of...

...hands of his old South Danvers friends,—but he had agreed not to decline. Opportunity was speaking: Those who doubt or hesitate Condemned to failure,...and uselessly implore, I answer not, and I return no more.If he had refused, some one else would have been singled out to oppose Crowninshield, and thus...

...and conquer every foe Save death. But those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, aod woe, Seek me in vain and uselessly implore ; I answer not, and I return no more." But all the preparation and opportunity in the world will amount to but little unless the young modern...

...on my foot steps wait, Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate deserts and seas remote, and passing by I knock unbidden once at every gate. If sleeping,...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return, no more. —Jo/in I. Ingalls. Education and Federal Government In a recent address by Mr Hugh S. Magill, field...

...every gate; If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And those who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and...uselessly implore — I answer not, and I return no more." There was a flurry of excitement in Dayratevillc when Miss Mary Weeks eloped with John Day — a day...

...footsteps wait; Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel, the mart, and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once...uselessly implore. I answer not, and I return no more. I submit that the difference in the moral as well as in the artistic elevation of these two ideas of...

...I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knoek unbidden once at every gate! If sleeping, wake; if...uselessly implore; I answer not, and I return no more! This limitation to opportunity must not be accepted by Harvard men. It would be discouraging to the...