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" the race is to the swift and the battle to the strong. "
The North American Review - Page 552
1918
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Select Speeches, Forensick and Parliamentary: With Prefatory Remarks, Volume 2

Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 466 pages
...accurately described by Mr. Hobbs, and so ardently recommended by Mr. Paine ; a state where, indeed, the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong; where possession is property, and strength is right ; a state superiour to the conditions of society,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 88

Scotland - 1860 - 796 pages
...boast himself as if he were putting it off. Be not too confident in your own powers. If, in this case, the race is to the swift and the battle to the strong, no man breathing can point out, until the issue proves it, where is that deepbreathed breast, and those...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal

English literature - 1834 - 580 pages
...Horace Smith again, where he will pleasure all who are capable of estimating his excellence — where the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong. The Club ; or, a Grey Cap for a Green Head. A Dialogue between Father and Son. By James Puckle. We...
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Redwood; by the author of 'A New England tale'.

Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1824 - 318 pages
...Providence assigns me. This is an ambition, as you have taught me, that cannot be disappointed ; here the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong. I will not," she added, playfully, " any longer expose my humility to temptation ;" and she put on...
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Redwood: A Tale ...

Catharine Maria Sedgwick - American literature - 1824 - 358 pages
...Providence assigns me. This is an ambition, as you have taught me, that cannot be disappointed ; here the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong. I will not," she added, playfully, any longer expose my humility to temptation ; and she put on her...
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The Posthumous Works of the Late Right Reverend John Henry Hobart ..., Volume 3

John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - Theology - 1832 - 522 pages
...glory, through the mercy of God, are in your hands ; faithfully use them, and success is certain. Here the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong. In proportion to your efforts in the Christian life, will be your progress here, and your felicity...
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The Posthumous Works of the Late Right Reverend John Henry Hobart ..., Volume 3

John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - Theology - 1832 - 520 pages
...glory, through the mercy of God, are in your hands ; faithfully use them, and success is certain. Here the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong. In proportion to your efforts in the Christian life, will be your progress here, and your felicity...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 21

1837 - 490 pages
...ardour for the contest in her intellectual games, on whose arena, more frequently than in active life, the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong. But in 1761 the germs .of that improved system, which has now for nearly half a century supplied England...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 21

Great Britain - 1837 - 534 pages
...ardour for the contest in her intellectual games, on whose arena, more frequently than in active life, the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong. But in 1761 the germs of that improved system, which has now for nearly half a century supplied England...
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The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M.

John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1839 - 810 pages
...do not suppose God to have any part either in the one or the other. They take it for granted, that the race is to the swift, and the battle to the strong. Therefore, if things succeed well, they give no praise to God, but to the conduct of their general,...
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