 How shall I a habit break?" As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse. Thread by thread the strands we twist Till they bind us neck and wrist; Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine ere free we stand....  Paths to Power - Page 106by Floyd Baker Wilson - 1901 - 229 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Boyle O'Reilly - 1886 - 138 pages
...Word has flowered in a perfect Deed. A BUILDER'S LESSON. "How shall I a habit break?" As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose ; As you...overthrown. But remember, as we try, Lighter every test goes by ; "Wading in, the stream grows deep Toward the centre's downward sweep ; Backward turn,... | |
 | James Jeffrey Roche - 1891 - 840 pages
...Is the inch before the saw. A BUILDER'S LESSON. " TTOW shall I a habit break ?" -*- As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose ; As you...toil unhelped, alone, Till the wall is overthrown. * " The days are ever divine .... They come and go like muffled and veiled figures, sent from a distant... | |
 | James Jeffrey Roche, Mary Murphy O'Reilly - 1891 - 836 pages
...BUILDER'S LESSON. " TTOW shall I a habit break ?" -*- As you did that habit m:ikf. As yon gathered, yon must lose ; As you yielded, now refuse. Thread by...patient hand Must untwine ere free we stand. As we bnilded, stone by stone, We must toil unhelped, alone, Till the wall is overthrown. But remember, as... | |
 | Mildred Cabell Watkins - 1894 - 232 pages
...feet, Sandaled in ice and muffled in snow. From O'Reilly. How shall I a habit break ? As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose, As you...thread the patient hand Must untwine ere free we stand. CHAPTER XXIV. "AND WOMEN SINGERS." The Gary Sisters. — No creative genius has arisen among American... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1897 - 582 pages
...and long life is the heritage of diligence." " How shall I a habit break ? " As you did that hubit make. As you gathered, you must lose ; As you yielded, now refuse. Thread by thread the sttands we twist Till they bind us neck and wrist. Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine ere... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1898 - 424 pages
...overcome and disgraced with a shilling's worth of sin." " How shall I a habit break ? " As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose ; As you...overthrown. But remember, as we try, Lighter every test goes by ; Wading in, the stream grows deep, Towards the center's downward sweep ; . Backward turn,... | |
 | Cyphron Seymour Coler - 1899 - 252 pages
...habit make; As you gathered you must lose; As you yielded, nor refuse; Thread by thread the strands do twist, Till they bind us neck and wrist, Thread by...toil, unhelped, alone. Till the wall is overthrown. —John Boyle O'Reilly. MORAL INSTRUCTION. The very atmosphere of the school-room should be such as... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1900 - 282 pages
...the things acquired most readily and longest retained. " How shall I a habit break ? As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose ; As you...toil, unhelped, alone, Till the wall is overthrown." JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY. II A LESSON WORTH FIVE DOLLARS i A NEW-FLEDGED nominee of his political party... | |
 | George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes - 1900 - 444 pages
...author of a number of short poems of great merit. 1. " How shall I a habit break ? " As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose ; As you...toil, unhelped, alone, Till the wall is overthrown. 2. But remember, as we try, Lighter every test goes by ; Wading in, the stream grows deep Toward the... | |
 | 1902 - 412 pages
...habit binds chains by every deed. WILLIAM E. CHANNING. HOW? How shall I a habit break ? As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose, As you...toil, unhelped, alone, Till the wall is overthrown. JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY. February 9. Trust in the Lord and do good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and... | |
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