 | 1916 - 616 pages
...delicate "Symphony" by William Henry Channing : "To live content with small means ; to seek elegance rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable;...study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, etc." of the people and rules of health, set forth with the original touch of which Dr. Corwin is master,... | |
 | Henry Albert Stimson - 1902 - 180 pages
...women that we are. That birth in Bethlehem made possible such an ideal and rule of life as this: " To live content with small * means ; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and wealthy, not rich ; to listen... | |
 | Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1886 - 518 pages
...harvest field. To be a workingman, poor, humble ; to perform without show or shunning menial services ; to live content with small means ; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion ; to be worthy, not respectable ; and wealthy, not rich : to study... | |
 | 1914 - 528 pages
...CHEMICAL MFG. CO., NEW YORK, USA - 2When Writing to Our Advertisers, Please Mention The Medical Herald. TO live content with small means— to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy not respectable, and wealthy not rich— to study... | |
 | 1915 - 220 pages
...Miss Xellie C. Sullivan, president Ideal School Women's Club. * * * MY SYMPHONY Win. Henry Channing. To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion ; to be worthy, not respectable ; and wealthy, not rich ; to study... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 pages
...chords Will strike another when in turn you seek. — John Bogle O'Reilly. SATURDAY. Symphong of Life. To live content with small means ; To seek elegance...Refinement rather than fashion ; To be worthy, not simply respectable; And wealthy, not simply rich ; To study hard, think quietly, Talk gently, act frankly;... | |
 | National Educational Association (U.S.). Meeting - 1898 - 1156 pages
...soon as we do as well as we know, we shall breed children who will live up to Channing's high ideal : To live content with small means ; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion ; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich ; to study... | |
 | Newell Dwight Hillis - 1900 - 344 pages
...pathetic eloquence he said, "It is, indeed, forbidden me to write or speak, but not to aspire and be. To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to do all... | |
 | 1897 - 588 pages
...when they are withdrawn will be found to be perfectly correct. — NY Medical Journal. His IDEAL. — To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1897 - 604 pages
...has so beautifully sketched in what he calls his Symphony might well be the wish and aim of all : — "To live content with small means, To seek elegance rather than luxury, And refinement rather than fashion ; To bear all cheerfully, Do all bravely ; To listen to birds and... | |
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To live content with small means. To seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion. To be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich. 
