| 1899 - 998 pages
...destiny " as a guide in political action. " Manifest destiny," he said, " is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for ; it is a thing to be achieved. The hour of temptation has come; but temptations do not destroy, they merely test the strength of the... | |
| John Bloomfield Jervis - Industrial relations - 1877 - 228 pages
...men who are wanting in some, if not all those virtues. I therefore say to the young working-man, your destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of purpose, left in your own hands to decide which class you will fall into. God will aid you, when you... | |
| William Jennings Bryan - Imperialism - 1899 - 841 pages
...answered by the American people — when they speak, and not until then, will destiny be revealed. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter...thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. No one can see the end from the beginning, but every one can make his course an honorable one from... | |
| United States - 1899 - 1004 pages
...destiny " as a guide in political action. " Manifest destiny," he said, " is not a matter of chance, but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for ; it is a thing- to be achieved. The hour of temptation has come; but temptations do not destroy, they merely test the strength of the... | |
| William Jennings Bryan - Campaign literature - 1900 - 666 pages
...be answered by the American people—when they speak, and not until then, will destiny be revealed. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter...thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. No one can see the end from the beginning, but every one can make his course an honorable one from... | |
| Robert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1900 - 382 pages
...answered by the American people — when they speak, and not until then, will destiny be revealed. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter...thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. No one can see the end from the beginning, but every one can make his course an honorable one from... | |
| Maxims - 1905 - 330 pages
...Depend upon it, a lucky guess is never merely luck; there is always talent in it. — M1ss AUSTIN. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is a thing to be achieved. — WJ BRYAN. " Destiny is not about thee, but within — Thyself must make... | |
| William Jennings Bryan - United States - 1909 - 460 pages
...answered by the American people — when they speak, and not until then, will destiny be revealed. Destiny is not a matter of chance ; it is a matter...thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. No one can see the end from the beginning, but every one can make his course an honorable one from... | |
| Edwin Du Bois Shurter - Debates and debating - 1918 - 256 pages
...The big idea in the second sentence is contained in choice. So emphasis should be placed as follows: Destiny is not a, matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. EXERCISES 1. Emphasize the italicized words in the following: a. The Bible says, not that money is... | |
| James Milton O'Neill - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1921 - 876 pages
...answered by the American people — when they speak, and not until then, will destiny be revealed. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter...thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. No one can see the end from the beginning, but everyone can make his course an honorable one from beginning... | |
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