Stepping Stones to Manhood: A Book of Inspiration for Boys and Young MenHarper & Brother Company, 1903 - 352 páginas |
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... give the im- pression of that sin which overthrew the angels , pride . Dean Swift was an enemy of extravagance in dress , and particularly of that destructive ostentation in the middle classes , which led them to make an appearance ...
... give the im- pression of that sin which overthrew the angels , pride . Dean Swift was an enemy of extravagance in dress , and particularly of that destructive ostentation in the middle classes , which led them to make an appearance ...
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... give more for what I can tell about a boy by using my eyes ten minutes than all the letters he can bring me . ' 99 Be neat and clean in appearance , and not less so in habit . At home never throw your hat in one chair and your coat in ...
... give more for what I can tell about a boy by using my eyes ten minutes than all the letters he can bring me . ' 99 Be neat and clean in appearance , and not less so in habit . At home never throw your hat in one chair and your coat in ...
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... give a thousand pounds awkwardly ; better refuse a favor gracefully than grant it clumsily . All your Greek can never advance you from secretary to envoy , or from envoy to ambassador ; but your address , your air , your manners , if ...
... give a thousand pounds awkwardly ; better refuse a favor gracefully than grant it clumsily . All your Greek can never advance you from secretary to envoy , or from envoy to ambassador ; but your address , your air , your manners , if ...
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... give up painting pictures and live like a gentle- man . " Many are they who have this idea of gentle- manship . But in our land the real gentleman stands for such personal qualities as honesty , truthfulness , gentleness and ...
... give up painting pictures and live like a gentle- man . " Many are they who have this idea of gentle- manship . But in our land the real gentleman stands for such personal qualities as honesty , truthfulness , gentleness and ...
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... gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts , " it gives grace to one's bearing and enables one to look on the bright and beautiful side of things . POLITENESS SHOULD BE ACCORDED ALL . Politeness ...
... gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures ; it is the finest of the fine arts , " it gives grace to one's bearing and enables one to look on the bright and beautiful side of things . POLITENESS SHOULD BE ACCORDED ALL . Politeness ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abraham Lincoln ADOLPH SUTRO amuse answered asked bad company battle beautiful became Bible bless brave called character Christ Christian church Daniel Webster death drink duty eternal exclaimed eyes faith father Garfield gave gentleman George Faulkner George Stephenson give God's habits hand heart heaven holy honest honor hope hundred INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER Jesus John John Quincy Adams Joseph Alleine keep kind king live looked Lord master mind moral morning mother never night O. O. HOWARD officer once one's Phillips Brooks politeness Polycarp poor prayed prayer President prison promise remember replied Sabbath saved soldiers soon soul spect stand success T. T. GEER tell thee things thou thought thousand tion tobacco told took true truth turned unto words wrote young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 34 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Página 7 - Oft in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me: The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken! Thus in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad memory brings the light Of other days around me.
Página 134 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Página 318 - Stand up, stand up for Jesus ! The strife will not be long ; This day the noise of battle, The next the victor's song : To him that overcometh, A crown of life shall be ; He with the king of glory Shall reign eternally.
Página 50 - He hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect, that we can have little hope of the blessing of Heaven on our arms, if we insult it by our impiety and folly. Added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it...
Página 204 - Franklin to enrich me with his practical wisdom, I shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship, and I may become a cultivated man though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where I live.
Página 20 - You are mistaken," said the gentleman, "he had a great many. He wiped his feet when he came in, and closed the door after him, showing that he was careful.
Página 330 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Página 227 - tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrim's pride, From every mountain side Let Freedom ring.
Página 308 - Go, labor on; spend and be spent, Thy joy to do the Father's will: It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still?