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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... become archæological . It is much the same thing to say that all progress is personal . History in its innermost genius is simply biography . You have read the history of Israel or the history of any other people when you have become ...
... become archæological . It is much the same thing to say that all progress is personal . History in its innermost genius is simply biography . You have read the history of Israel or the history of any other people when you have become ...
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... becomes to its owner , when it causes him to sacrifice all honor , all gratitude , all friendship , and love ! In the ... become an evil when its possessor hoards it , to his own and others ' hurt . Wrong use will make of everything an ...
... becomes to its owner , when it causes him to sacrifice all honor , all gratitude , all friendship , and love ! In the ... become an evil when its possessor hoards it , to his own and others ' hurt . Wrong use will make of everything an ...
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... become an encum- brance even to a side - track , and are turned over the embank- ment to become covered with weeds and rubbish . One of this class , who had heard of the recent wreck of another , saw , through the glass door of the ...
... become an encum- brance even to a side - track , and are turned over the embank- ment to become covered with weeds and rubbish . One of this class , who had heard of the recent wreck of another , saw , through the glass door of the ...
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... to look for a fortune elsewhere . After he had become the vice - president of the United States , he told the citizens of Great Falls , N. H. , when there on a visit , of this experience . He said : " I know 61 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
... to look for a fortune elsewhere . After he had become the vice - president of the United States , he told the citizens of Great Falls , N. H. , when there on a visit , of this experience . He said : " I know 61 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
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... become bankrupt , or fail to gain a com- petency , and so die poor . Why is it that so many fail and so few succeed ? He who will solve this problem is surely a bene- factor to mankind . In the city of Boston , for instance , it has ...
... become bankrupt , or fail to gain a com- petency , and so die poor . Why is it that so many fail and so few succeed ? He who will solve this problem is surely a bene- factor to mankind . In the city of Boston , for instance , it has ...
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