 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 Seiten
...the love of greatness. 2215 Carlyle : Essays. Characteristics. (Edinburgh Review, No. cviii. 1831.) The greatest man is he who chooses the right with...on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering; and is this a greatness which is apt to make a show, or which is most likely to abound in conspicuous... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1889 - 610 Seiten
...energy of mind is the only true greatness, and it is a greatness not beyond the reach of our nature. . . The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptation from within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms... | |
 | David Gilkison Watt - 1890 - 538 Seiten
...firm foundation of humility. "The greatest man," says Seneca, "is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations...cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menaces and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering." Prosperity... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1890 - 224 Seiten
...truth,—enough for man to know,— " Virtue alone is happiness below."—Pope. 26. The greatest man is lie who chooses the right with invincible resolution;...bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering.—Dr.... | |
 | Brigham Henry Roberts - 1892 - 506 Seiten
...his mind ; such his public and domestic virtues : and if, as an old English writer hath it, the great man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution...storms, and most fearless under menace and frowns ; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering — the name of JOHN TAYLOR... | |
 | Channing Auxiliary (San Francisco) - 1892 - 136 Seiten
...measures moral, greatness, that highest of human endowments, the brightest manifestation of the Divinity. The greatest man is he who chooses the right with...heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms, most fearless under menace and frowns, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering.... | |
 | 1892 - 672 Seiten
...firm foundation of humility. "The greatest man," says Seneca, "is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations...cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menaces and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering." Prosperity... | |
 | 1892 - 718 Seiten
...man is he who chooses right wilh the moat invincible resolution ; who resists the sorest temptation within and without ; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, ami most fearless under menaces and frowns ; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on Qod is most... | |
 | 1893 - 622 Seiten
...man is he who chooses right with the most, invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens...cheerfully; who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue and on God is most unfaltering. Biography, especially... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1895 - 246 Seiten
...best contentment has. — SPENSER. 11. This was the noblest Roman of them all. — SHAKESPEARE. 12. The greatest man is he who chooses the right with...who resists the sorest temptations from within and from without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully ; who is calmest and most fearless under menaces... | |
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The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptations from within and without ; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully ; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menace and frowns ; whose... 
