 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1889 - 124 pages
...its wild blood makes it hard to tram. THE PEOFESSOE AT THE BEEAKFAST-TAELE. . 19. Copernicus, 1473. I find the great thing in this world is, not so much...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. THE AUTOCEAT OF THE BEKAKF AST-TAELE. 20. David Garrick, 1716. What were our life, with all its rents... | |
 | 1916 - 1116 pages
...fellow apprentices, I shall feel well compensated for my trouble. Boston, Mass. JOSEPH AP EVANGKLISTA. THE great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what directiqn we are moving. — Ex. MEN are guided less by conscience than by glory, and yet the shortest... | |
 | John Alexander Steuart - 1890 - 360 pages
...could hardly be better put. There is something there beyond the reach of most humorists. Again, ' I find the great thing in this world is not so much...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is one very sad thing in old friendships, to every mind which is moving onward. It is this :... | |
 | John Alexander Steuart - 1890 - 322 pages
...could hardly be better put. There is something there beyond the reach of most humorists. Again, ' I find the great thing in this world is not so much...port of Heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind I and sometimes against it, but we must sail, and ' not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is one very... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 350 pages
...MAN TRULY LIVES, SO LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OB SOME WAT MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF." I find the great thing in this world is not so much...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is one very sad thing in old friendships, to every mind which is really moving onward. It is... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 268 pages
...MAX TRULY LIVES, SO LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OR SOME WAY MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF." I find the great thing in this world is not so much...sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. There is one very sad thing in old friendships,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1891 - 362 pages
...MAN TRULY LIVES, so LONG AS HE ACTS HIS NATURE, OR SOME WAY MAKES GOOD THE FACULTIES OF HIMSELF." I find the great thing in this world is not so much...as in what direction we are moving : To reach the porte of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail,... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1891 - 602 pages
...well worth considering from the Deacon's Scrap-book : " I FIND," says Oliver Wendell Holmes, " that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving." THE LETTER BOX. EDITORIAL NOTE. THOSE of our readers who are interested in Mr. Fraser's description... | |
 | Oakland (Calif.). First Unitarian Church. Ladies - 1891 - 108 pages
...sense, in an uncommon degree, is what the world calls wisdom. —Coleridge. The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. —Holmes. What an antiseptic is a pure life ! —Lowell. It is good to be children sometimes, and... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature - 1891 - 1080 pages
...school term has decreased three days on an average for each district. We are told that the question is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. Another item is the number of pupils who are availing themselves of the opportunities of school. We... | |
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I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. 
