 As no man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him, so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhere made useful to him. The stag in the fable admired his horns and blamed his feet, but when the hunter came, his feet saved him, and afterwards,...  Essays: First Series - Page 121by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...and deity, Yet in themselves are nothing." The good are befriended even by weakness and defect. As no man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him, so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhere made useful 1 There is no place where you can hide... | |
 | William Malone Baskervill, James Witt Sewell - 1895 - 358 pages
...water was first brought in barrels drawn by horses, till some officer came and opened the fire plug. 9. The exclusive in fashionable life does not see that...from enjoyment, in the attempt to appropriate it. (3) Find sentences with five verbs in the active and five in the passive voice. MOOD. 213. The word... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 238 pages
...has a call of the power to do something unique." Exclusiveness is deadly. 'The exclusive in social life does not see that he excludes himself from enjoyment...religion does not see that he shuts the door of heaven on i himself in striving to shut out others. Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer as... | |
 | 1896 - 374 pages
...and deity, Yet in themselves are nothing." The good are befriended even by weakness and defect. As no man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him, so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhere made useful 1 There is no place where you can hide... | |
 | Gustav Gottheil - 1896 - 504 pages
...of an Eastern Sage, the mantle of chosroes were offered thee in its stead. RICHARD CH. TRENCH. yft No man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him. The stag in the fable admired his horns and blamed his feet, but when the hunter came, his feet saved... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 482 pages
...is not good, or not well thrown, it will go nigh to cut the steersman in twain or to sink the boat. You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong. " No...heaven on himself, in striving to shut out others. Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer as well as they. If you leave out their heart,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 464 pages
...has a call of the power to do something unique." Exclusiveness is deadly. " The exclusive in social life does not see that he excludes himself from enjoyment...heaven on himself in striving to shut out others. Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer as well as 5 they. If you leave out their heart... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 460 pages
...permanent class of sceptics, or a class of conservatives, or of malignants, or of materialists. I do not that he excludes himself from enjoyment in the attempt...heaven on himself in striving to shut out others. Treat men as pawns and ninepins, and you shall suffer as well ass they. If you leave out their heart... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...power and deity, Yet in themselves are nothing. The good are befriended even by weakness and defect. As no man had ever a point of pride that was not injurious to him, so no man had ever a defect that was not somewhere made useful to him. The stag in the fable admired... | |
 | PROFESSOR DANIEL LYONS - 1899 - 552 pages
...politicians in the time of Charles II. favorable to a bill to exclude his popish heirs from the throne. " The exclusive in fashionable life does not see that...from enjoyment, in the attempt to appropriate it. The ея-clusionist in religion does not see that he shuts the door of heaven on himself, in striving to... | |
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