The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, 4–6. köideHenry Pitman |
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... things for our happiness ; but in such a state that they re- quire the labour of man to render them beneficial to the real and artificial wants of society . To work , therefore , in some form or another , is the lot and con- dition of ...
... things for our happiness ; but in such a state that they re- quire the labour of man to render them beneficial to the real and artificial wants of society . To work , therefore , in some form or another , is the lot and con- dition of ...
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... things . It is the fulness of man that runs over into objects , and makes his Bible , and Shakspere , and Homer so great . There is some- thing of poverty in our criticism . We assume there are a few great men , all the rest are little ...
... things . It is the fulness of man that runs over into objects , and makes his Bible , and Shakspere , and Homer so great . There is some- thing of poverty in our criticism . We assume there are a few great men , all the rest are little ...
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... Things common , although absolutely necessary to our existence or well - being , are by the great majo- rity little thought of , and apparently as little cared for ; hence the absence of knowledge by so many of the magnitude of our ...
... Things common , although absolutely necessary to our existence or well - being , are by the great majo- rity little thought of , and apparently as little cared for ; hence the absence of knowledge by so many of the magnitude of our ...
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... things well , but there is one thing upon which he must be pre- eminently well informed . He must have his pro- fession . Without this he will have no end , no purpose in life , and , as we often see to be the case , the most splendid ...
... things well , but there is one thing upon which he must be pre- eminently well informed . He must have his pro- fession . Without this he will have no end , no purpose in life , and , as we often see to be the case , the most splendid ...
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... things human , stand in need of improvement . The German universities , however , possess this great advantage at the present time , that they form a common centre for these men of learning , for whom they provide employment ...
... things human , stand in need of improvement . The German universities , however , possess this great advantage at the present time , that they form a common centre for these men of learning , for whom they provide employment ...
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Page 310 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 309 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth...
Page 219 - 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 will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 175 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but...
Page 175 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 257 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive...
Page 176 - Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth; Glad hearts, without reproach or blot, Who do thy work and know it not: Oh!
Page 309 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream : And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 1 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Page 66 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...