 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1858 - 710 σελίδες
...LIVES, so LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OR SOME WAY MAKES 0001) THE PACr.LTIKS OF HIMSELF.' ' 1 tind the great thing in this world is not so much where...moving. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometime« with the wind, and sometimes «gainst it; but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.... | |
 | American Institute of Homeopathy - 1892 - 1076 σελίδες
...will later be involved in the throes of an incurable phthisis or consumption. ""I find the greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail and not drift nor lie... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1870 - 242 σελίδες
...that sentiment of Sir Thomas Browne — " EVERY MAN TRULY LIVES, SO LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OR SOME WAY MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF." I find...the great thing in this world is, not so much where \ve stand as in what direction we are moving. To reach the port of heaven we must sail sometimes with... | |
 | New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.) - 1904 - 1056 σελίδες
...little words: see, saw, seen, do, did, done. 66 NKW YORK 8ТЛТЕ BEFOKMATOBY в. Write from memory: "I find the great thing in this world is not so much...of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometí mes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." —THE AUTOCKAT OF... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1882 - 640 σελίδες
...LIVES, SO LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OR SOME WAY MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF." I find the grea* thing in this world is, not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. To reach the pott of heaven we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and... | |
 | 1913 - 856 σελίδες
..."anchor of the soul" is our hope at all times; the scientific knowledge of God is our assurance forever. I find the great thing in this world is, not so much...sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,—but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor.—Oliver Wendell Holmes. 'SOME BETTER THING'... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1883 - 264 σελίδες
...Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other." TENDENCY. — " I find the great thing in this world is not so much...where we stand as in what direction we are moving." SECRETS.—" We never tell our secrets to people who jump tor them." FAME. — " Fame usually comes... | |
 | Hugh Reginald Haweis - 1883 - 40 σελίδες
..." Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other." TENDENCY.—" I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we^are moving." SECRETS.—" We never tell our secrets to people who jump for them." FAME.— "Fame... | |
 | 1884 - 444 σελίδες
...family record, the above being in relief. The following is countersunk : " I find the great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." The cane is a marvel of hand-carving, every portion of which was done with a "jack-knife," and represents... | |
 | 1885 - 404 σελίδες
..."Don't be ' consistent,' — but be simply true." — The Professor at thi Breakfast- Table 67 14. " I find the great thing in this world is not so much...where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." — Л utocrat of the Breakfast- Tabti. 43 уз. " Sin has many tools, but a lie is a handle which... | |
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