The Western Monthly, Volumes 1-2Francis Fisher Browne Reed & Tuttle, 1869 |
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... truth guard the portals of your heart and form the pole- star of your destiny . You are left in a cold world , without fortune , friends or influence . You must fight alone the battle of life , and win for yourself the crown of success ...
... truth guard the portals of your heart and form the pole- star of your destiny . You are left in a cold world , without fortune , friends or influence . You must fight alone the battle of life , and win for yourself the crown of success ...
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... truth , if inef . fectual . It is a sorrowful condition of affairs in which vox populi is so seldom vox Dei ; but we must deal with the world as we find it , and lend our little influence to make it better . Very bitter were the ...
... truth , if inef . fectual . It is a sorrowful condition of affairs in which vox populi is so seldom vox Dei ; but we must deal with the world as we find it , and lend our little influence to make it better . Very bitter were the ...
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... truth in the dark hours of his strong trial , he would not allow the golden sun of prosperity to wither the fair garlands of virtue . He remained true to his early vows and carefully examined every case until he was satisfied of its ...
... truth in the dark hours of his strong trial , he would not allow the golden sun of prosperity to wither the fair garlands of virtue . He remained true to his early vows and carefully examined every case until he was satisfied of its ...
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... Truth may have , as in the olden time , but a single worshipper , while Baal has his thousands of priests . And the man who stands fearlessly for the right amid the devotees of wrong ; who wars , single - handed if need be , against ...
... Truth may have , as in the olden time , but a single worshipper , while Baal has his thousands of priests . And the man who stands fearlessly for the right amid the devotees of wrong ; who wars , single - handed if need be , against ...
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... Truth . " - Thus shall you win the noble attribute of virtuous Self - reliance- -not the arro- gance of egotism and the vanity of self- esteem , but the manly independence of a manly mind — the fidelity to your own conscience and to ...
... Truth . " - Thus shall you win the noble attribute of virtuous Self - reliance- -not the arro- gance of egotism and the vanity of self- esteem , but the manly independence of a manly mind — the fidelity to your own conscience and to ...
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Page 266 - Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Page 90 - Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers, — Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from Fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics.
Page 136 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 174 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town— the...
Page 216 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Page 282 - The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist...
Page 376 - Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory ; — taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste— taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 21 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Page 26 - There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.