| Thomas Hughes - 1880 - 180 pages
...fine lines of Em rson which au written up in the Hall of Marlbovongh College: — " So close is glory to our dust, So near is God to man — When duty whispers low, 'thou mast,' The youth replies, ' I can.' " It does not wait for the reasoning powers to be developed, but... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1880 - 250 pages
...or in any school, has cause to say that he has failed. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near ia God to Man, When Duty whispers, low, " Thou must" The youth replies "lean." 2. But, secondly, while you work, you must remember that you are not, or ought not, to be working for... | |
| Thomas Hughes - 1880 - 180 pages
...are written up in the Hall of Marlborough College: — " So close is glory to our dust, So near 13 God to man — When duty whispers low, 'thou must,' The youth replies, ' I can.' " It does not wait for the reasoning powers to be developed, but comes right in upon the... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1881 - 228 pages
...will I ever believe that any boy, in this or in any school, has cause to say that he has failed. " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...whispers, low, ' Thou must,' The youth replies, 'lean.'" 2. But, secondly, while you work, you must remember that you are not, or ought not, to be working for... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1881 - 224 pages
...benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease, i So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...When Duty whispers low, Thou must The youth replies, I can. IV. 0, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
| 1881 - 476 pages
...that the capability and power of persons are limited only by their disposition to exert themselves. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...duty whispers low, " Thou must," The youth replies, " I can." In youth we borrow patience from our future years ; the spring of hope gives us courage to... | |
| Almira Leach Hayward - 1881 - 378 pages
...as moonlight after storm Mingles dark shadows into gentleness. NP Willis. 36 April 23. April 24. 87 So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. RWEmerson. He would have wiped with smiles away The tears from every face. R . H. StaUard. April... | |
| Joseph William Reynolds - 1881 - 482 pages
...in his being, which give priceless value and eternal meaning to his existence. " So close is glory to our dust, So near is God to man — When duty whispers low, ' Thou must," The youth replies, ' I can.' " EMERSON. Holy Faith has been proved again and again by the best, why doubt we with the... | |
| Theodore Thornton Munger - 1881 - 248 pages
...profound, they are also self-asserting. When presented, you say, I know them already. " So close is glory to our dust, So near is God to man; When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can." This inner voice, declaring for God and duty, is often hushed, often unheeded, and »o at last... | |
| Charles H. Kent - 1881 - 144 pages
...helpless if misfortune should overtake her. FAITH AND WORKS. "So nigh is grandenr to our dust, So near ia God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / care.'' " Trifles make perfection, but perfection itself is no trifle." It is the multiplication... | |
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