 | 1870 - 614 Seiten
...as they should indelibly be impressed on the mind of a young Missionary, they are given again : — "The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the fteble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is KNEKGY — INVINCIBLE DETBBMIN.A.TION... | |
 | New Hampshire. Department of Agriculture - 1871 - 398 Seiten
...pecuniary success. But the stirring words of Buxton are much better than any I can give to the point : " The longer I live the more I am certain that the great...once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world ; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities... | |
 | Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1872 - 830 Seiten
...for this sketch. SIR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON. combination. " The longer I live," he writes to a friend, "the more I am certain that the great difference between...once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world : and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities,... | |
 | Thomas Binney - 1871 - 184 Seiten
...see the man in the motto that stands there, and the impression, too, of his family respecting him. " The longer I live, the more I am certain that the...ENERGY— INVINCIBLE DETERMINATION— a purpose once faced, and then DEATH or VICTORY. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world; —... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1871 - 346 Seiten
...themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time. " The longer I live," said a successful man, " the more I am certain that the great difference between...and the powerful, the great and the insignificant — it, energy, invincible determination, a purpose once fixed . augl then — death or victory 1 "... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1871 - 410 Seiten
...and the latter far more." 12. " The longer I live," says one of earth's noble sons, "the more I ain certain that the great difference between men, between...powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible5 determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory ! " That quality... | |
 | Charles Hole - 1871 - 288 Seiten
...whatever he sets his mind on being or doing. ' The longer I live,' says Buxton, c the more certain I am that the great difference between men, between the...powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — a strong will — a purpose once fixed, and then, death or victory. That quality will do anything... | |
 | Charles A. Phelps - 1872 - 404 Seiten
...carried him in triumph to the final scene on the Appomattox. " The longer I live," said Fowell Buxton, " the more I am certain that the great difference between...once fixed, and then death or victory ! That quality will do any thing that can be done in this world; and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities,... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1872 - 422 Seiten
...you peace : 1. In country ; 2. In Church ; 3. In house ; 4. In heart.« Earnestness of purpose. — The longer I live, the more I am certain that the...powerful, the great and the insignificant — is energy, inrincible determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or ric!ory ! That quality will do... | |
 | Charles Buxton - 1872 - 366 Seiten
...BABT. EDITED BT HIS SON, CHARLES BUXTON, MA, MP WITH AM INQUIRY INTO THE RESULTS OF EMANCIPATION. " The longer I live, the more I am certain that the...the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy—invincible determination — a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality... | |
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The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality... 
