Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women: With Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading Thinkers ... |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 85
Page 3
... never in kind . Your hopes are like mine . I wish for happiness , so do you . I desire to succeed , so do you . Our ideals of happiness or success may differ , but each is striving for that ideal we call success . No person in his right ...
... never in kind . Your hopes are like mine . I wish for happiness , so do you . I desire to succeed , so do you . Our ideals of happiness or success may differ , but each is striving for that ideal we call success . No person in his right ...
Page 7
... never call them " doctrines , " or , at any rate , we never call them " dogmas " till their original personal blood is coagulated , and their remains have become archæological . It is much the same thing to say that all progress is ...
... never call them " doctrines , " or , at any rate , we never call them " dogmas " till their original personal blood is coagulated , and their remains have become archæological . It is much the same thing to say that all progress is ...
Page 22
... never go together . He who is the slave of evil can never be free either to do or reach the highest good . The evil will not let him . Books that stimulate to high thinking produce , like good companionship , a noble life . For goodness ...
... never go together . He who is the slave of evil can never be free either to do or reach the highest good . The evil will not let him . Books that stimulate to high thinking produce , like good companionship , a noble life . For goodness ...
Page 29
... never be lacking for friends and enjoyment , " or shall they rather be answered from a higher and broader standard , which has its foundation in righteousness and its end and purpose in the well - being of man and his eternal welfare ...
... never be lacking for friends and enjoyment , " or shall they rather be answered from a higher and broader standard , which has its foundation in righteousness and its end and purpose in the well - being of man and his eternal welfare ...
Page 33
... never be honestly done . Why , if you were to toil for fifty years , working every day , Sundays and all , for five dollars per day , a very good wage , and never spent a cent of it for rent , household or personal expenses , or charity ...
... never be honestly done . Why , if you were to toil for fifty years , working every day , Sundays and all , for five dollars per day , a very good wage , and never spent a cent of it for rent , household or personal expenses , or charity ...
Contents
228 | |
236 | |
245 | |
253 | |
259 | |
267 | |
271 | |
278 | |
291 | |
297 | |
304 | |
310 | |
317 | |
390 | |
399 | |
411 | |
425 | |
434 | |
442 | |
449 | |
458 | |
464 | |
474 | |
484 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Burr Academy afterward American Amos Lawrence appointed army battle became become began body born Boston Bowdoin College Brown University called character church civil College Congress death died dollars elected England entered Europe evil faith father fortune friends gain gave give graduated Harvard Harvard College heart honor Horace Greeley human hundred James John July labor land later learned lectures living LL.D married Mass Massachusetts ment Milton College mind moral mother nature never noble Oriel College poems political poor poverty practice president Prof published resigned returned rich Senate sent slavery society soon soul studied law success things thought thousand tion to-day toil took United United States senator University volumes wealth William Williams College woman women write wrote Yale College York city young