Getting On in the World; Or, Hints On Success in Life. by William Mathews ...Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1874 - 380 Seiten |
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... merchant , though he may never accu- mulate a tithe of the wealth of a Stewart , a Girard , or an Astor . All this , we are aware , is obvious enough ; and we should not think of repeating such truisms , were not the contrary so often ...
... merchant , though he may never accu- mulate a tithe of the wealth of a Stewart , a Girard , or an Astor . All this , we are aware , is obvious enough ; and we should not think of repeating such truisms , were not the contrary so often ...
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... merchant . By wealth ? Neither he nor any of his relatives ever had a superfluous sixpence . By office ? He held but one , and only for a few years , of no influence , and with very little pay . By talents ? His were not splendid , and ...
... merchant . By wealth ? Neither he nor any of his relatives ever had a superfluous sixpence . By office ? He held but one , and only for a few years , of no influence , and with very little pay . By talents ? His were not splendid , and ...
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... Per- sons who have been at pains to collect statistics on this sub- ject in our large towns have found that only three out of a hundred merchants are successful ; all the others becoming bankrupt CHOICE OF A PROFESSION . 37.
... Per- sons who have been at pains to collect statistics on this sub- ject in our large towns have found that only three out of a hundred merchants are successful ; all the others becoming bankrupt CHOICE OF A PROFESSION . 37.
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... merchants of their sons , who have no more actual fitness for trade than has a man to play at the Academy of Music who cannot distinguish a flat from a sharp , or the " Heroic Symphony " from the tune of " Old Hundred . " Above all ...
... merchants of their sons , who have no more actual fitness for trade than has a man to play at the Academy of Music who cannot distinguish a flat from a sharp , or the " Heroic Symphony " from the tune of " Old Hundred . " Above all ...
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... merchant or mechanic , and nothing more . We would commend to no man the example of Saint Bernard , who was so great a saint that he could keep no flesh on his bones , and knew not the difference between a cake composed of ashes and one ...
... merchant or mechanic , and nothing more . We would commend to no man the example of Saint Bernard , who was so great a saint that he could keep no flesh on his bones , and knew not the difference between a cake composed of ashes and one ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ability acquired attained battle become body brain brilliant calling career CHAPTER character Charles James Fox Charles Lamb circumstances dollars doubt Douglas Jerrold effort energy England exhausted faculties fail failure feel force fortune genius give Goethe habit hand hard heart Henry Ward Beecher honor human hundred intellectual J. W. Alexander Jeremy Bentham knowledge labor lack lawyer learning leisure live look Lord man's Mantua matter means mental merchant mind Molière moral Napoleon nature neglect ness never night once orator palæstra patient persons poet politics poor profession pursuit qualities reserved power result rich Rufus Choate says sermon Sir William Hamilton soul strength struggle success Sydney Smith talent tells things thought thousand tion toil true truth turn victory vigor walk wealth whole write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 238 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of; whose intellect is a clear, cold, logic engine, with all its parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order ; ready, like a steam-engine, to be turned to any kind of work, and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind...
Seite 105 - Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.
Seite 96 - Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
Seite 192 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Seite 97 - Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, but different from all these.
Seite 127 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Seite 87 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks...
Seite 5 - Woe waits the insect and the maid ; A life of pain, the loss of peace, From infant's play, and man's caprice : The lovely toy so fiercely sought Hath lost its charm by being caught...