 ... wearily and little by little, but surely and steadily on the whole, was brought home to the young boy, for the first time, the meaning of his life; that it was no fool's or sluggard's paradise into which he had wandered by chance, but a battle-field...  The Life of Thomas Arnold, D.D. - Page 55by Emma Jane Worboise - 1859Full view - About this book
 | 1880 - 506 pages
...paradise into which he had wandered by chance, but a battle-field ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, and the stakes are life and death. It was this thoroughness and undaunted courage which, more than anything else, won his way to the hearts... | |
 | 1857 - 956 pages
...into which ho had wandered by chance, but a battle-field, ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, and...time, by every word he spoke in the pulpit, and by his wholo daily life, how that battle was to be fought ; and stood there before them their fellow-soldier... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1857 - 880 pages
...into which he had wandered by chance, but a battle-field, ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, and...the same time, by every word he spoke in the pulpit, aud by liis wholo daily life, how that battle was to be fought ; and stood there before them their... | |
 | 1858 - 894 pages
...ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, and the stake« are life and death. And he who roused this consciousness...time, by every word he spoke in the pulpit, and by his wholu daily life, how that battle was to be fought ; and stood there before them their fellow-soldier... | |
 | 1860 - 908 pages
...paradise into which he had wandered by chance, but a battle-field ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, and...them, showed them at the same time, by every word he spake in the pulpit, and by his whole daily life, how that battle wag to be fought; and stood there... | |
 | Frederick Adolphus Packard - 1861 - 386 pages
...paradise into which he had wandered by chance, but a battle-field ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, and...showed them at the same time, by every word he spoke and every deed he did, how that battle was to be fought, and stood there before them their fellow-soldier... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...from of old where there are no spectators, but the youngest must tako his side, and the stakes uro the life and death. And he who roused this consciousness...and by his whole daily life, how that battle was to bo fought ; and stood there before them their fellow-soldier and the captain of their band. The true... | |
 | 1867 - 380 pages
...paradise into which he had wandered by chance, but a battle field ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, and...spoke in the pulpit, and by his whole daily life, howthat battle was to be fought; and stood there before them their fellowsoldier and the captain of... | |
 | David Thomas - 1867 - 764 pages
...spectators but the youngest must take hi-. Bide, and the stakes are life and death. And he who rouaed tl>i« consciousness in them, showed them at the same time,...spoke in the pulpit, and by his whole daily life, howth*tbatj:o was to be fought; and flood there before them their fellowsoldier and the captain of... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 340 pages
...into which he had wandered by chance, but a battle-field, ordained from of old, where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take his side, 'and...pulpit, and by his whole daily life, how that battle wat to be fought; and stood there before them, their fellow, soldier and the captain of their band.... | |
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