The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorial Character, and His Great Speech on KansasH. Dayton, 1858 - 329 páginas |
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... labor in this respect was truly assiduous , as it was astonishing . We are informed that he never re- lied upon text - books , but sought original sources , read all authorities and references , and made him- self 20 MEMOIR OF.
... labor in this respect was truly assiduous , as it was astonishing . We are informed that he never re- lied upon text - books , but sought original sources , read all authorities and references , and made him- self 20 MEMOIR OF.
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... labor , industry , and perseverance , must always accompany genius . This idea is beauti- fully unfolded by Dr. Chalmers in an admirable passage which we must here be permitted to quote at length : " It is by dint of steady labor - it ...
... labor , industry , and perseverance , must always accompany genius . This idea is beauti- fully unfolded by Dr. Chalmers in an admirable passage which we must here be permitted to quote at length : " It is by dint of steady labor - it ...
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... labor that is given , not in convulsive and preternatural throes , but by little and little as the strength of the mind may bear it , —the accumula- tion of many small efforts , instead of a few grand and gigantic but perhaps irregular ...
... labor that is given , not in convulsive and preternatural throes , but by little and little as the strength of the mind may bear it , —the accumula- tion of many small efforts , instead of a few grand and gigantic but perhaps irregular ...
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... labor . It is not by any fantastic jugglery , in- comprehensible to ordinary minds , and beyond their reach - it is not by this that the heights of philosophy are scaled . So said he who towers so far above all his fellows ; and whether ...
... labor . It is not by any fantastic jugglery , in- comprehensible to ordinary minds , and beyond their reach - it is not by this that the heights of philosophy are scaled . So said he who towers so far above all his fellows ; and whether ...
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... labor in the same cause everywhere throughout the land . Let it help to confirm the wavering , and to reclaim those who have erred from the right path . Especially may it exert a proper influence in Congress upon the representatives of ...
... labor in the same cause everywhere throughout the land . Let it help to confirm the wavering , and to reclaim those who have erred from the right path . Especially may it exert a proper influence in Congress upon the representatives of ...
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