 | 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...when they are withdrawn will be found to be perfectly correct.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...occasions, hurry never, — in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common — this is to be my symphony. — William... | |
 | 1901 - 500 pages
...body." Channing has beautifully described this teachable, open-minded attitude in the following words : "To study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly;...await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common — this is to be my symphony." LIFE'S... | |
 | 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...worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to do all cheerfully, bear all bravely; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart;... | |
 | 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...than luxury, And refinement rather than fashion ; To bear all cheerfully, Do all bravely ; To listen to birds and stars, To babes and sages, with open heart... | |
 | 1901 - 582 pages
...the expression of as comprehensive a working ideal as I know of, the following words of Channing : "To live content with small means; to seek elegance...; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages ; to bear all cheerfully, to do all bravely, await occasions hurry never — in a word, to let the... | |
 | William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - 1900 - 1250 pages
...with himself — here is a task for all a man has of fortitude and delicacy. Roht'rt Louis Stevenson. To live content with small means, to seek elegance...gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, never hurry;... | |
 | 1898 - 922 pages
...ounce. But it is better to avoid these solutions altogether. — Gaillard's Med. Jour. Life's Symphony. To live content with small means; to seek elegance...gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never;... | |
 | National Education Association of the United States - 1898 - 1154 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...study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly j to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with open hearts ; to bear all cheerfully, do all... | |
 | Henry Addison Nelson, Albert B. Robinson - 1898 - 610 pages
...luxury, Refinement rather than fashion ; To be worthy, not simply respectable ; And wealthy, not simply rich ; To study hard, think quietly, Talk gently, act frankly ; To listen with open heart to birds and stars, To babea and sages ; To bear all cheerfully, do all bravely ; Await... | |
 | 1900 - 594 pages
...ox and ass together. 257 "Pis from the world of little things, the ever-greatening Cosmos wings. 330 To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury. 38 Truth, light, and liberation for discouraged humanity. 82 Verily, God comprehendeth all things with... | |
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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; to study hard, think quietly... 
