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cause of the success of a manufacture is doubtless to be found in the good
quality of the articles , and the economy of their fabrication : but the most
intelligent man will feel the germs of his industry languish under his hands , if
other protecting ...
cause of the success of a manufacture is doubtless to be found in the good
quality of the articles , and the economy of their fabrication : but the most
intelligent man will feel the germs of his industry languish under his hands , if
other protecting ...
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Success cannot be universal , and some must be disappointed . Disappointment
begets envy ; and envy complaint . There is no such dissatisfaction in the
distribution of the common benefactions of Providence . There is never any
complaint ...
Success cannot be universal , and some must be disappointed . Disappointment
begets envy ; and envy complaint . There is no such dissatisfaction in the
distribution of the common benefactions of Providence . There is never any
complaint ...
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... sustains them and proceeds with them to a successful result . There can be no
quarrel between actual capital and honest labor . The head cannot say to the
hands , I have no need of thee , nor the hands to the feet , I have no need of thee .
... sustains them and proceeds with them to a successful result . There can be no
quarrel between actual capital and honest labor . The head cannot say to the
hands , I have no need of thee , nor the hands to the feet , I have no need of thee .
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In it , the physical , and not the moral , qualities of man gave success . Even
Christianity itself was forced by fire and blood , and life and property had no
security against the rapacity of tyrant rulers , who “ suckled armies ” that they
might ...
In it , the physical , and not the moral , qualities of man gave success . Even
Christianity itself was forced by fire and blood , and life and property had no
security against the rapacity of tyrant rulers , who “ suckled armies ” that they
might ...
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That is the great fundamental principle upon which our success depends . We
should cherish harmony , and , with it , will grow those kindlier graces of the heart
, and the affections , which give a zest to life . We should encourage peace , for its
...
That is the great fundamental principle upon which our success depends . We
should cherish harmony , and , with it , will grow those kindlier graces of the heart
, and the affections , which give a zest to life . We should encourage peace , for its
...
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Page 20 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 12 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 21 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 11 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew. The annals of the human race, Their ruins, since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this, — THERE LIVED A MAN ! November 4, 1805.
Page 6 - Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a* that. What though on hamely fare we dine. Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a
Page 4 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Page 12 - UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the...
Page 29 - There was a little city (says he), and few men within it ; and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : " Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man. " Then, said I, wisdom is better than strength ; wisdom is better than weapons of war ; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Page 12 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 2 - A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine.