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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... Practice , 59 - Importance of Being Punctual , 60 Delay Loses Fortunes , . 61 - Strive at Possibilities , 62 - Practice Secures Perfection , Rev. GEORGE R. HEWITT , B.D. 63 - Learning is Not Wisdom , MERRILL E. GATES , LL.D. , L.H.D. 64 ...
... Practice , 59 - Importance of Being Punctual , 60 Delay Loses Fortunes , . 61 - Strive at Possibilities , 62 - Practice Secures Perfection , Rev. GEORGE R. HEWITT , B.D. 63 - Learning is Not Wisdom , MERRILL E. GATES , LL.D. , L.H.D. 64 ...
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... practice imagines he has found the key to success . At first it seems so , but a day comes when he is understood ; his plausible words have no value ; his essential falsity overbalances all his protestations , and even when he would be ...
... practice imagines he has found the key to success . At first it seems so , but a day comes when he is understood ; his plausible words have no value ; his essential falsity overbalances all his protestations , and even when he would be ...
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... years of such unremitting toil , he had saved several hundred dollars towards gaining an educa- tion for the practice of law , but now , in 1836 , strength and health gave way , and , acting under the physician's 62 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
... years of such unremitting toil , he had saved several hundred dollars towards gaining an educa- tion for the practice of law , but now , in 1836 , strength and health gave way , and , acting under the physician's 62 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
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... practicing the highest standard of moral obligation . 99 When a lad of fourteen years he was apprenticed to a mer- chant of his native town of Groton , Mass . " A sensible and pious father , aided by a prudent mother , had trained the ...
... practicing the highest standard of moral obligation . 99 When a lad of fourteen years he was apprenticed to a mer- chant of his native town of Groton , Mass . " A sensible and pious father , aided by a prudent mother , had trained the ...
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... practiced a system of rigid economy , and never allowed myself to spend a fourpence for unnecessary objects until I ... practice ten years ago of spending my income . The more I give , the more I have , " and thus he who had given seven ...
... practiced a system of rigid economy , and never allowed myself to spend a fourpence for unnecessary objects until I ... practice ten years ago of spending my income . The more I give , the more I have , " and thus he who had given seven ...
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