I would present to you, — is there a surer way of achieving the boast of Themistocles, that he knew how to make a small State a great one, than by making it wise, bright, knowing, apprehensive, quick-witted, ingenious, thoughtful ; by communicating... Annual Report - Page 8by Providence Athenaeum - 1871Full view - About this book
| Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown - Lawyers - 1862 - 592 pages
...and durable public greatness ? After all, this is the thought I would VOL. I. 34 present to you, — is there a surer way of achieving the boast of Themistocles,...practical things ; by beginning" at the cradle, by touching the infant lip with fire from heaven ; by perfecting the methods of the free schools, and... | |
| Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown - Lawyers - 1862 - 600 pages
...and durable public greatness'( After all, this is the thought I would VOL. i. 34 present to you,—is there a surer way of achieving the boast of Themistocles,...of practical things; by beginning at the cradle, by touching the infant lip with fire from heaven; by perfecting the methods of the free schools, and of... | |
| Massachusetts. Board of Education - Education - 1866 - 516 pages
...industrious, thrifty, ingenious and thoughtful, it has achieved the boast of the Grecian statesman, that he knew how to make a small State a great one, and given us a name and a praise in the land. How is this pre-eminence to be maintained, but by pursuing... | |
| Rufus Choate - United States - 1883 - 548 pages
...towering and durable public greatness ? After all, this is the thought I would present to you, — is there a surer way of achieving the boast of Themistocles,...practical things ; by beginning at the cradle, by touching the infant lip with fire from heaven ; by perfecting the methods of the free schools, and... | |
| Dentistry - 1918 - 2292 pages
...a towering and durable public greatness? After all, this is the thought I would present to you, — is there a surer way of achieving the boast of Themistocles...knew how to make a small state a great one, than by making.it wise, bright, knowing, apprenhensive and quick witted, ingenious, thoughtful, by communicating... | |
| Rufus Choate - Business & Economics - 2002 - 460 pages
...towering and durable public greatness? After all, this is the thought I would present to you,—is there a surer way of achieving the boast of Themistocles,...of practical things; by beginning at the cradle, by touching the infant lip with fire from heaven; by perfecting the methods of the free schools, and of... | |
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