| 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 662
...at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day: for surely our plain duty is 'not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.' " CHOREA OF RHEUMATIC ORIGIN The view that between chorea and rheumatism there is a somewhat intimate... | |
| Alice Hazen Cass - 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 192
...it. — Lincoln. A first failure is often a blessing. — AL Brown. Our grand business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. — Carlyle. I hold that Christian grace abounds where charity is seen ; That when we climb to Heaven... | |
| Bliss Perry - 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 302
...creed. He begins Signs of the Times, for example, by declaring that "Our grand business undoubtedly is I not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." The Age of Machinery in which men are living has led to a loss of faith in 1 individual endeavor. It... | |
| John Haynes Holmes - 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...task, rather than dream the farthest dream. "Our grand business," said Thomas Carlyle, "undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies closely at hand." 1 All this, of course, represents an almost inconceivable gain. But one great question... | |
| Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1916 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...full life. We have only been able to touch it in this article in some of its more outstanding parts. Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearlv at hand. — Carlvle. WHEN THE A-FALLING IN LEAVES ARE THE BORDERS. ' While nature strips her... | |
| Joseph French Johnson - 1917 - عدد الصفحات: 370
...sisters of the sirens who sought to charm Ulysses from his true course. As Thomas Carlyle has said: "Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly...a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand." It does not follow that a youth should never come from the country to the city, or that a business... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1984 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...bounty suffices them; and wise men also, for its duties engage them. Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. Know'st thou Yesterday, its aim and reason; Work'st thou well Today, for worthy things? Calmly wait... | |
| Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1903 - عدد الصفحات: 338
...judgment. He is not a dreamer or a theorist. He practically illustrates the saying of Thomas Carlyle : ' ' Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. " He is somewhat above medium size, strongly built, graceful, with a well-poised head on broad shoulders... | |
| Earl A. Grollman - 1988 - عدد الصفحات: 162
...can) before deciding to immediately sell your house or change jobs. Thomas Carlyle said: "Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand." Determine to live again Readjustment does not come overnight. Make a start to put the stars back into... | |
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