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... mind was ardent , aspiring , and hopeful . He was therefore disposed to enter the race for wealth and honour which lay before him . Pruden- tial reasons were not wanting , however , to suggest that it was better to select some humbler ...
... mind was ardent , aspiring , and hopeful . He was therefore disposed to enter the race for wealth and honour which lay before him . Pruden- tial reasons were not wanting , however , to suggest that it was better to select some humbler ...
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... mind of the gold - deluded man . He had long observed the rapidity with which large sums of money accumulate when placed at com- pound interest . The halo of glory which he intended should one day surround his name , had been long ...
... mind of the gold - deluded man . He had long observed the rapidity with which large sums of money accumulate when placed at com- pound interest . The halo of glory which he intended should one day surround his name , had been long ...
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... mind , and high position , to labour for their removal . But Gloucester aimed at the attainment of unjust power , rather than at the blessedness of doing good . There were a few persons yet between him and the exalted seat to which his ...
... mind , and high position , to labour for their removal . But Gloucester aimed at the attainment of unjust power , rather than at the blessedness of doing good . There were a few persons yet between him and the exalted seat to which his ...
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... mind , and the wickedness of his conduct . He aimed to secure unlawful power . For this he urged his way onward and upward . He secured little , except misery and disgrace . We would not climb as he climbed . At an early period of our ...
... mind , and the wickedness of his conduct . He aimed to secure unlawful power . For this he urged his way onward and upward . He secured little , except misery and disgrace . We would not climb as he climbed . At an early period of our ...
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... mind continues to say , " I fain would climb . " we are . 1. WHERE ARDUOUS DUTY IS TO BE FULFILLED , LET US CLIMB . In many respects there was a striking contrast between the character of the Duke of Wellington and that of Napoleon ...
... mind continues to say , " I fain would climb . " we are . 1. WHERE ARDUOUS DUTY IS TO BE FULFILLED , LET US CLIMB . In many respects there was a striking contrast between the character of the Duke of Wellington and that of Napoleon ...
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Page 60 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Page 132 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 22 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 61 - Judgment also will I lay to the line, And righteousness to the plummet: And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Page 70 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere.
Page 62 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 49 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. " And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 118 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 163 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 132 - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.