| 1839 - 622 pagine
...greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptati«ns from within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens...cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless uiiJer menace and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering; and is this... | |
| John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 286 pagine
...generally used by mankind. It has been well said, that " the greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations from within and without, who bears the heaviest burden cheerfully, who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menace and frowns ; whose reliance... | |
| 1842 - 368 pagine
...ornament of grace, and such an example of piety. If the great man be he who chooses the right with invincible resolution ; who resists the sorest temptations...burdens cheerfully ; who is calmest in storms ; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God, is the most unfaltering, then I consider that Joseph... | |
| The treasury of wit and anecdote - 1842 - 336 pagine
...immediately granted the request. THE GREATEST MAN. THE greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution ; who resists the sorest temptations...who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully ; who is the calmest in storms ; and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is the most unfaltering. DISCRETION.... | |
| Samuel Jackson - 1851 - 1172 pagine
...the force of thought, and in moral principle, and these may be found in the humblest condition. For the greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution, who resists the strongest temptations from within and without, who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is earnest... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1842 - 40 pagine
...who conformed most nearly to the divine image. " The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations from within and without, who bears the heaviest burthen cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menace and frowns, whose reliance... | |
| 1843 - 322 pagine
...greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution; who resists the sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and moat fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering.—Dr.... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pagine
...manifestation of the Divinity. 52. The Same, continued. THE greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations from within and without who hears the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and most fearless under menace and... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1855 - 498 pagine
...endowments, that brightest manifestation of the Divinity. The greatest man is he who chooses the Right with invincible resolution, who resists the sorest temptations...heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms aad most fearless under menace and frowns, whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering... | |
| Samuel Osgood - 1855 - 324 pagine
...guide, May them avoid or remedy provide." Si'ENSEB. "The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible Resolution; who resists the sorest temptations...who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is the calmest in storms, and whose reliance on Truth, on Virtue, on (Jod, is the most unfaltering." CHANNIHG.... | |
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