 For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.  The Boston News-letter: And City Record - Page 1171826Full view - About this book
 | 1875 - 562 pages
...resemblance between our human life and the game of Chess : — " Life is a kind of Chess, in which wo have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a variety of good and ill events that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it."... | |
 | H I. C - 1885 - 94 pages
...INTRODUCTION TO CHESS ; WITH LAW8 OP THE GAME ; DIAGRAMS, ETC. " Life is a kind of Chess, in which! we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a variety of.good and ill events, that) are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1888 - 594 pages
...to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions : for life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to...good and ill events that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence, or of the want of it. By playing at chess, then, we may learn — ist. Foresight,... | |
 | 1888 - 536 pages
...something handsome besides." Benjamin Franklin compared the game of chess to human life, "in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a great variety of good and ill events that are. in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want... | |
 | Warren Richardson - 1892 - 354 pages
...are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence or the want of it." — franklin, " The... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 464 pages
...by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to...degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess, then, we learn: — I. Foresight, which looks a little into futurity, considers... | |
 | Chauncey C. Starkweather - 1900 - 450 pages
...are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
 | 1900 - 514 pages
...are to be acquired or strengthened by it, so as to become habits, ready on all occasions. For life is a kind of chess, in which we have often points to...with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess,... | |
 | James Mason - 1900 - 204 pages
...need never be played for money. Then he continues : — " Life is a kind of chess, in which we have points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a great variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want... | |
 | 1900 - 496 pages
...and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and evil events, that are in some degree the effects of prudence or the want of it. By playing at chess, then, we may learn — I. Foresight, which looks a little into futurity, and considers... | |
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