 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...insignificant — is entry*/, invincible dftcrmi ntif ion — a purpose once 6xod, and then death or victory I dmire they know not what, And know not whom, but as...the other; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, Burton. PURSE— Consumption of the. I can get no remedy against the consumption of the purse : borrowing... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1863 - 312 pages
...become.' Sir Fowell Buxton, himself a laborious worker, remarks : ' The distinction between the weak and the powerful, the great and the insignificant,...determination — a purpose once fixed, and then, death cr victory ! That quality will do anything that can UNSTABLE AS TVATEIt. 5 be done in this world, and... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...inconsistent with the continuance of hostilities. ENERGY. The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble...and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, ia energy—invincible determination—a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality... | |
 | 1864 - 486 pages
...mind of a young Missionary, they are given again : — " The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble...DETERMINATION — a purpose once fixed, and then death or vic~ tory. That quality will do any thing that can be done in this world ; — and no talents, no circumstances,... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1864 - 520 pages
...him. " The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between tJie feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant,...; a purpose once fixed, and then DEATH or VICTORY. TJtat quality will do anything that can be done in this world; and NO TALENTS, NO CIRCUMSTANCES, NO... | |
 | 1864 - 876 pages
...fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do any thing that can be done in the world. Ко talents, no circumstances, no opportunities will make a two-legged creature a man without it." " The man who has genius without perseverance may run the career of a rocket, but can never be a star;... | |
 | Zachariah Atwell Mudge - 1865 - 284 pages
...the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy, invincible determination. That quality will do anything that can be done in...will make a two-legged creature a man without it." His private secretary, Mr. Nixon, testifies to his faithful practice of this doctrine. He remarks :... | |
 | 1865 - 110 pages
...Co., Hook-' sellers Milwaukee. WHAT MAKES A MAN. — The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the groat :>nd the insignificant, is energy ', invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed, and then... | |
 | Charles Buxton - 1866 - 836 pages
...difference between men, between the feeble nnd the powerful, the groat and the insignificant, is enfryy, — invincible determination, — a purpose once fixed,...will make a twolegged creature a man without it." Extract of a Letter from Sir T. Fox-ell Button, WITH A PORTRAIT AXD WOODCUTS. Jiftjj (Bbition. LONDON:... | |
 | Readings - 1866 - 196 pages
...act upon that determination." FOWELL BUXTON'S MOTTO. " THE longer I live, the more I am certain tliat the great difference between men, between the feeble...fixed, and then DEATH or VICTORY. That quality will do any thing that can be done in this world : — and NO TALENTS, NO CIRCUMSTANCES, NO OPPORTUNITIES,... | |
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The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality... 
