Opportunity: And Other Essays and Addresses

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A.C. McClurg & Company, 1900 - 228 trang
 

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Trang 4 - That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conducted will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.
Trang 13 - And nobody calls you a dunce, And people suppose me clever: This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it for ever.
Trang 202 - To watch the corn grow, and the blossoms set; to draw hard breath over ploughshare or spade; to read, to think, to love, to hope, to pray, — these are the things that make men happy; they have always had the power of doing these, they never will have power to do more. The world's prosperity or adversity depends upon our knowing and teaching these few things: but upon iron, or glass, or electricity, or steam, in no wise.
Trang 203 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Trang 221 - Sold by all booksellers, or mailed, on receipt of price ', by AC McCLURG & CO., PUBLISHERS, CHICAGO. Author of " The Handsome Brandons,
Trang 86 - And to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same. And in return for your exhortation of me, I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
Trang 124 - Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
Trang 34 - We should, as far as it is possible," says Aristotle, " make ourselves immortal, and strive to live by that part of ourselves which is most excellent." Now, the testimony of the wise of all ages agrees that a virtuous life is the best and the happiest. Choose and follow it then though thou find it hard; for custom will make it easy and pleasant. Piety nourishes faith, hope, and love, and therefore sustains life. If thou seekest for what is new and also permanently interesting, live with the old truths,...
Trang 70 - If any man thinketh philosophy and universality to be idle studies, he doth not consider that all professions are from thence served and supplied ; and this I take to be a great cause that has hindered the progression of learning, because these fundamental knowledges have been studied but in passage.
Trang 82 - And after all, the practice of nations at a remote period, and the opinions of the old writers on national law, seem to me to be entitled of themselves to little weight with us. The law of nations, like other systems of law, is progressive. Its principles are expanded and liberalized by the spirit of the age and country in which we live.

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