Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women, with Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading Thinkers |
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... once more under his own roof his motherless and scattered children ; and then the nations of the world showering their gifts of medals , decorations , orders of knighthood , and purses of gold upon the shrinking , modest man , so long ...
... once more under his own roof his motherless and scattered children ; and then the nations of the world showering their gifts of medals , decorations , orders of knighthood , and purses of gold upon the shrinking , modest man , so long ...
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... once , or twice , or many times , it is by no means a disgrace , and certainly is no cause for discourage- ment . But if you know the cause of your failure , and can remedy it , or avoid it , then it is a shame if you do not succeed ...
... once , or twice , or many times , it is by no means a disgrace , and certainly is no cause for discourage- ment . But if you know the cause of your failure , and can remedy it , or avoid it , then it is a shame if you do not succeed ...
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... once carried off by a somewhat saucy couplet when but seven years of age . So that by mere force of his pre - natal in- heritance , as well as early example , Watts was born to be a poet . Likewise , Benjamin West , when a child ...
... once carried off by a somewhat saucy couplet when but seven years of age . So that by mere force of his pre - natal in- heritance , as well as early example , Watts was born to be a poet . Likewise , Benjamin West , when a child ...
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... once parents begin to pay heed to the great laws of nature govern- ing the reproduction of the human race , there will be better and greater men begotten than in any age of the past . Vast multitudes are now born into the world with a ...
... once parents begin to pay heed to the great laws of nature govern- ing the reproduction of the human race , there will be better and greater men begotten than in any age of the past . Vast multitudes are now born into the world with a ...
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... once changed the current of the world's history ; and that , TH too , not for an hour , but for centuries . Men now speak of such periods as epochs in the annals of time ; they call their actors men of destiny . But they who lived in ...
... once changed the current of the world's history ; and that , TH too , not for an hour , but for centuries . Men now speak of such periods as epochs in the annals of time ; they call their actors men of destiny . But they who lived in ...
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