Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions, Reasonably Good-natvred, Concerning how to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to OthersThe Roycrofters, 1906 - 149 pages |
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Page 48
... idea of Civil Service Reform - promotion for the good men in your employ rather than hiring new ones for the big places - is a rule which looks well on paper but is a fatal policy if carried out to the letter . & The business that is ...
... idea of Civil Service Reform - promotion for the good men in your employ rather than hiring new ones for the big places - is a rule which looks well on paper but is a fatal policy if carried out to the letter . & The business that is ...
Page 49
... ideas some railroads would still be using the link and pin , and snake - heads would be as common as in the year 1869 . The railroad manager who knows his business is ever on the lookout for excellence among his men , and he promotes ...
... ideas some railroads would still be using the link and pin , and snake - heads would be as common as in the year 1869 . The railroad manager who knows his business is ever on the lookout for excellence among his men , and he promotes ...
Page 61
... idea of serving God on Sunday and then forgetting Him all the week is a fallacy that is fostered by the Reverend Doctor Sayles and his coadjutor , Deacon Buffum , who passes the Panama for the benefit of those who would buy absolution ...
... idea of serving God on Sunday and then forgetting Him all the week is a fallacy that is fostered by the Reverend Doctor Sayles and his coadjutor , Deacon Buffum , who passes the Panama for the benefit of those who would buy absolution ...
Page 66
... idea of rivalry is rife . As long as self is uppermost in the minds of men , they will fear and hate other men , and under socialism there would be precisely the same scramble for place and power that we see in politics now . Society ...
... idea of rivalry is rife . As long as self is uppermost in the minds of men , they will fear and hate other men , and under socialism there would be precisely the same scramble for place and power that we see in politics now . Society ...
Page 68
... on nothing — it is a mistake -a fool idea fanned into flame by a fool friend ! And it may become a mob . Every man who has had anything to do with communal life has noticed that the clique is the disintegrating 68 Love , Life and Work.
... on nothing — it is a mistake -a fool idea fanned into flame by a fool friend ! And it may become a mob . Every man who has had anything to do with communal life has noticed that the clique is the disintegrating 68 Love , Life and Work.
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Page 53 - I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during...
Page 97 - Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although she knows my days are past the best, Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue: On both sides thus is simple truth suppress'd.
Page 54 - Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit...
Page 54 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders.
Page 57 - If put to a pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. If you must vilify, condemn and eternally disparage, why, resign your position, and when you are outside, damn to your heart's content. But, I pray you, so long as you are a part of an institution, do not condemn it. Not that you will injure the institution — not that — but when you disparage the concern of which you are a part, you disparage yourself.
Page 54 - ... and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness ; beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.
Page 20 - ... death come and the sky shut down over less worth in the world; or stupid misunderstanding and crushing defeat grind you into the dust, then you may arise, forgetting time and space and self, and take refuge in mansions not made with hands; and find a certain sad, sweet satisfaction in the contemplation of treasures stored up where moth and rust do not corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal.
Page 55 - I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you, I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness; beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 33 - Jesus took in his arms and said, " Of such is the kingdom of heaven...
Page 53 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You...