 If all the good people were clever, And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow 'tis seldom or never The two hit it off as they should; The good are so harsh to the clever, The clever...  The Quarterly Record - Page 33by Massachusetts General Hospital. Nurses Alumnae Association - 1911Full view - About this book
 | 1923 - 978 pages
...his parents will be an incubator. LM If Only"If only the good were the clever," Or if only the clever were good, The world would be better than ever We thought that it possibly could. But alas, it is seldom or never That either behave as they should. For the good are so hard on the clever,... | |
 | Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth - 1890 - 314 pages
...Yet my heart will feed for days and days On that one, one look, and abide content. November II, 1881. GOOD AND CLEVER IF all the good people were clever,...And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow 'tis seldom or never The two hit it... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1919 - 688 pages
...conscious virtue and conscious talent : ' If all the good people were clever, And all that are clever were good, The world would be better than ever We thought that it possibly could. But, alas ! it is seldom or never These two hit it off as they should ; For the good are so harsh to the... | |
 | Percy Dearmer - 1928 - 200 pages
...people are sometimes selfish, and shallow, and troublesome. There is an amusing little rhyme about this: If all the good people were clever, And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could; But somehow it seems that it never Turns out as... | |
 | Pamela Grey - 1928 - 272 pages
...with joy At hearing they were like you. * IF all the good people were clever, And all that are clever were good, The world would be better than ever We thought that it possibly could. But alas! it is seldom or never These two hit it off, as they should. For the good are so harsh to the... | |
 | R. Buckminster Fuller - 1981 - 516 pages
...There's a short verse written long ago by an English poet and teacher, Elizabeth Wordsworth: If all good people were clever. And all clever people were good. The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. But somehow, 'tis seldom or never That the two hit... | |
 | Roger G. van de Velde - 1992 - 356 pages
...nor by what is expressed in (11), then it cannot be (the outcome of) a justified interpretation. (11) If all the good people were clever, And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever .... (Elisabeth Wordsworth) ยง 17 Considerations about the control functions of the... | |
 | Mike Briggs, Stan Buck, Mike Smith - 1997 - 180 pages
...public domain. These issues are discussed further in Chapters 7-9. 50 6. PROJECT MANAGEMENT 'If all good people were clever, and all clever people were good, the world would be nicer than ever we thought that it possibly could. ' Elizabeth Wordsworth 6.1 INTRODUCTION For a decommissioning... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 pages
...a little tried To live without him: liked it not, and died. WORDSWORTH Dame Elizabeth 18401932 4596 'Good and Clever' If all the good people were clever,...And all clever people were good, The world would be nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. WORKH.C. 1832-1884 4597 'Grandfather's Clock' But... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...leaf - danced round and round like a rag blown by the wind. WORDSWORTH Dame Elizabeth 1840-1932 12773 4159 The Deserted Village The whitewashed wall, the...nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicke nicer than ever We thought that it possibly could. 12774 'The Affliction of Margaret -' My apprehenslons... | |
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