 Our strength is measured by our plastic power. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels, one warehouses, another villas ; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks, until the architect can make them something...  Typographical Journal - Trang 3131900Xem Toàn bộ - Giới thiệu về cuốn sách này
 | Richard H. Mulliner - 1920 - 396 trang
...mind. Carlyle explains character in a very impressive way in which he says: "Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstances, it would be...to say that man is the architect of circumstances. Our strength is measured by our plastic power. From the same material one man builds palaces, another... | |
 | Bob Phillips - 1993 - 372 trang
...Individuality and Independence. Edward Rickenbacker Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials... | |
 | 1873 - 422 trang
...up with the miserable notion that man is the creature of circumstances. A wise man has said that " It would be nearer the mark to say that Man is the...Circumstances. It is character which builds an existence out of Circumstances. Our strength is measured by our plastic power. From the same materials one man builds... | |
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