 | John Baillie - 1856 - 416 Seiten
...Cecil observes, that " such is the state of the world, and so much depends on action, that everything seems to say loudly to every man, ' Do something — do it — do it ! ' " Dear Adelaide had hitherto been an earnest doer i now she was to be a patient endurer. But, though... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1857 - 516 Seiten
...blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man. A man, who gets into a habit of inquiring a about proprieties and expediencies and occasions,...every man, " Do something "— " do it "—" do it." PROVIDENCE is a greater mystery than religion. The state of the world is more humiliating to our reason,... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 Seiten
...Scripture, so also in the heart of man, is written, " The gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The state of the world is such, and so much depends on action, that everything seems to say aloud to every man, " Do something, do it, do it ! " ' Flowers form one of... | |
 | Robert Steel (D.D.) - 1858 - 484 Seiten
...inquiring about proprieties, and expediencies, and occasions, often spends his life without doing anything to purpose. The state of the world is such, and so much depends on action, that everything seems to say loudly to every man, ' Do something— do it — do it !' " Is the reader engaged... | |
 | John Baillie - 1858 - 382 Seiten
...Cecil observes, that " such is the state of the world, and so much depends on action, that everything seem.s to say loudly to every man, ' Do something — do it — do itP" Dear Adelaide had hitherto been an earnest doer: now she was to be a patient endurer. But, though... | |
 | John George Francis Henry KNAPP - 1862 - 136 Seiten
...anything to the purpose. The state of the world is such, and so much depends upon action, that everything seems to say loudly to every man, * Do something' — ' Do it' — ' Do it.' " — CECIL. IN his essay upon innovations, Lord Bacon remarks, " It is good not to try experiments... | |
 | 1867 - 602 Seiten
...properties and ex • pediencies, and oecasion often spends his liie without doing anything to the purpose. The state of the world is such, and so much depends on action, that eveiything seems to say to every man, "Do something!" "do it," " *.«!". . . ' . ...... , - '. ,.,... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1876 - 54 Seiten
...inquiring about properties, and expediencies, and cccasions, often spends his life without doing anything to purpose. The state of the world is such, and so much depends on action, that everything seems to say loudly to every man — " Do something ; — do it — do it ! " THE WAY TO... | |
 | 1876 - 292 Seiten
...about proprieties, and expediencies, and occasions, often spends his life without doing anything to the purpose. The state of the world is such, and so much depends on action, that everything seems to say loudly to every man, "Do something ; do it, do it ! " RECOLLECTION THE LIFE... | |
 | 1879 - 980 Seiten
...inquiring about proprieties, and expediencies, and occasions, often spends his life without doing anything to purpose. The state of the world is such, and so much depends on action, that everything seems to say loudly to every man — 'Do something; — do it — do it!'" There is improvement... | |
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I HAVE often had occasion to observe, that a warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man. A man, who gets into a habit of inquiring about proprieties and expediencies and occasions, often spends his life without doing any thing... 
