 We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in full view the worst and the best that can be made of our lot. The worst is either to sink under the trial or to be made callous by it. The best is to be as wise as possible under a great disability,...  Miscellanies - Seite 265von Harriet Martineau - 1836 - 402 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Florence Fenwick Miller - 1884 - 246 Seiten
...my errors in matter of fact, and of the burdens that I necessarily impose on those who surround me. We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in...be made callous by it. The best is to be as wise as possible under a great disability, and as happy as possible under a great privation." It is essential,... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1892 - 382 Seiten
...1834 she published her valuable " Letter to the Deaf," which had a wide circulation. In it she says, " We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in...lot. The worst is either to sink under the trial or be made callous by it. The best is to be as wise as possible under a great disability, and as happy... | |
 | 1913 - 466 Seiten
...summer. For information address. Mix MARTHA E. BRUHN. 601 Pierc. Bid. Copley Square. Boston, Mass. We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in...the worst and the best that can be made of our lot (deafness). The worst is either to sink under the trial or be made callous by it. The best is to be... | |
 | 1913 - 460 Seiten
...Bell Curriculum and Texts. By Frank M. Dnggs The Teaching of Technical Grammar. By Elberi A. C, Phon. We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in...the worst and the best that can be made of our lot (deafness). The worst is either to sink under the trial or be made callous by it. The best is to be... | |
 | 1922 - 558 Seiten
...message to them always in both word and example was "Overcome." In her "Letter to the Deaf" she wrote. "We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping...be made callous by it. The best is to be as wise as possible under a great disability, and as happy as possible under a great privation." DEATH OF QUINCY... | |
 | Andrea Broomfield, Sally Mitchell - 1996 - 760 Seiten
...sake, but on the few occasional mortifications which I still meet with, and which are always welcomed for the sake of their office. We can never get beyond...great disability, and as happy as is possible under great privation. Believe me, with deep respect, Your affectionate sister, Harriet Martineau. March... | |
 | Michael R. Hill, Susan Hoecker-Drysdale - 2002 - 260 Seiten
...disability. Although she was mortified occasionally by some loss due to her disability, "we [deaf people] can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in full...the worst and the best that can be made of our lot" (1834: 265). She learned to make lemonade "under a great disability" and "a great privation" (1834:... | |
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