 | 1888 - 252 pages
...propitious Heaven Takes such acknowledgment as fragrant incense, And doubles all its blessings. Greatness. THE greatest man is he who chooses the right with...who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully ; who is the calmest in storms, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is the most unfaltering. CJianning.... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 pages
...force of thought, moral principle, and love ; and this may be found in the humblest condition of life. The greatest man is he who chooses the right with...without ; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully ; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering. THOMAS CHALMERS (1780-1847)... | |
 | Frances E. Finch, Frank James Sibley - 1888 - 600 pages
...The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolutions ; who resists the severest temptations from within and without ; who bears the...storms and most fearless under menace and frowns, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering. Tried by this standard, the... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 pages
...the love of greatness. 2215 Carlyle : Essays. Characteristics. (Edinburgh Review, No. cviii. 1831.) The greatest man is he who chooses the right with...a greatness which is apt to make a show, or which is most likely to abound in conspicuous station? 2210 William Ellery Channing : Works. Self-Culture.... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1889 - 610 pages
...energy of mind is the only true greatness, and it is a greatness not beyond the reach of our nature. . . The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptation from within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms... | |
 | David Gilkison Watt - 1890 - 538 pages
...firm foundation of humility. "The greatest man," says Seneca, "is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations...cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menaces and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering." Prosperity... | |
 | Charles Northend - 1890 - 224 pages
...truth,—enough for man to know,— " Virtue alone is happiness below."—Pope. 26. The greatest man is lie who chooses the right with invincible resolution;...bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering.—Dr.... | |
 | Brigham Henry Roberts - 1892 - 506 pages
...his mind ; such his public and domestic virtues : and if, as an old English writer hath it, the great man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution...storms, and most fearless under menace and frowns ; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is most unfaltering — the name of JOHN TAYLOR... | |
 | Channing Auxiliary (San Francisco) - 1892 - 136 pages
...measures moral, greatness, that highest of human endowments, the brightest manifestation of the Divinity. The greatest man is he who chooses the right with...heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms, most fearless under menace and frowns, and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering.... | |
 | 1892 - 672 pages
...firm foundation of humility. "The greatest man," says Seneca, "is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations...cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menaces and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering." Prosperity... | |
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The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations from within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menace and frowns, whose reliance... 
