 ... naturally strong, might never break from the bud into the flower but for the care of some zealous gardener. They give the chance of rising in some intellectual walk of life to many a strong and earnest nature who might otherwise have remained an artisan...  The South Atlantic Quarterly - Page 16edited by - 1906Full view - About this book
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - United States - 1888 - 746 pages
...earnest nature who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up in many a country town what...its rays over the whole State in which it stands. In some of these smaller Western colleges one finds to-day men of great ability and great attainments,... | |
 | Albion College - 1888 - 952 pages
...earnest nature who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up in many a country town what...its rays over the whole state in which it stands. In some of these smaller western colleges one finds today men of great ability and great attainments,... | |
 | Henry Addison Nelson, Albert B. Robinson - Presbyterian Church - 1889 - 628 pages
...earnest nature, who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up in many a country town what...its rays over the whole state in which it stands. In some of these smaller western colleges one finds to-day men of great ability and great attainments;... | |
 | james bryce - 1891 - 328 pages
...earnest nature who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up in many a country town what...its rays over the whole State in which it stands. In some of these smaller Western colleges one finds to-day men of great ability and great attainments,... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - National characteristics, American - 1891 - 324 pages
...earnest nature who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up in many a country town what...its rays over the whole State in which it stands. In some of these smaller Western colleges one finds to-day men of great ability and great attainments,... | |
 | James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - National characteristics, American - 1891 - 326 pages
...earnest nature who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up in many a country town what is at lirst only a farthing rushlight, but which, when the town swells to a city, or when endowments flow... | |
 | Kansas - 1896 - 756 pages
...earnest nature \vho might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up in many a country town what is at first only a farthing rush light, but which, when the town swells to a city, or when endowments swell in, or when some able... | |
 | Edward Cornelius Toune, Graeme Mercer Adam - 1897 - 692 pages
...earnest nature, who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up, in many a country town,...able teacher is placed in charge, becomes a lamp of glowing flame, which may finally throw its rays over the whole state in which it stands. In some of... | |
 | Self-culture - 1897 - 592 pages
...earnest nature, who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up, in many a country town,...able teacher is placed in charge, becomes a lamp of glowing name, which may finally throw its rays over the whole state in which it stands. In some of... | |
 | 1898 - 618 pages
...earnest nature who might otherwise have remained an artisan or storekeeper, and perhaps failed in those avocations. They light up in many a country town what is at first only a farthing rushlight, but the town grows, endowments come in, able teachers take charge, and it becomes a lamp of growing flame... | |
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