 I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.  The Child - Стр. 5521918Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | George Wallace Neet - 1903 - Страниц: 264
...a "fossil" sooner than he is aware. The educational world demands thoughtful, progressive teachers. "To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes...against it, — but we must sail, and not drift nor lie at anchor. " Daily Preparation. — No teacher can succeed well without the habit of preparing his... | |
 | 1903 - Страниц: 172
...man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world. — Carlyle. I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. — 0. W. Holmes. And if you fall — why, arise again ! Get up, and go on ; you may be sorely bruised... | |
 | Mary Minerva Barrows - 1904 - Страниц: 216
...strife. As long as you preserve the aggressive militant temper, you are not unhappy. Jtnon, & J& & I find the great thing in this world is, not so much where...against it, — but we must sail and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Holmes: " Jtutocrat of the BreakfastiTable," Groweth the morning from gray to gold; Up,... | |
 | New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.) - 1904 - Страниц: 1056
...the correct use of eix little words: see, saw, seen, do, did, done. в. Write from memory: "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where...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... | |
 | 1904 - Страниц: 1034
...CHARITIES. September 6. 1902. As a starting-point for discussion, try the following: "The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." * * * In the Christmas Cosmopolitan. Lady Henry Somerset tells of London's pauperism: "It is time that... | |
 | Hialmer Day Gould, Edward Louis Hessenmueller - 1904 - Страниц: 920
...integrity, he is set fast; nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood.— Tillotson, The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, as in what direction we are moving. — Oliver Wendell Holmes. Never does a man portray his own... | |
 | Dexter Dwight Mayne - 1905 - Страниц: 200
...you may kick it about all day, like a football, and it will be round and full at evening." "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where...against it, — but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor." "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy \o1w-vaulted... | |
 | College Entrance Examination Board - 1905 - Страниц: 102
...von Orleans, Nathan der Weise, Wallenstein, Faust, Torquato Tasso. 6 Translate into German: I find the great thing in this world is not so much where...against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is one very sad thing in old friendships, to every mind which is really moving onward.... | |
 | James Brady Smiley - 1905 - Страниц: 348
..." Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. " I find the great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction...against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. " Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, and... | |
 | Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - 1905 - Страниц: 614
...key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection."—The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where...sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor."—The Autoerat. and it will be round and... | |
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