Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 148
... true friends whose benefits have brightened one's life . But Dickens is more than a private friend , for not only has he brightened one's own life , but he has given gaiety and gladness to all the millions who read the English tongue ...
... true friends whose benefits have brightened one's life . But Dickens is more than a private friend , for not only has he brightened one's own life , but he has given gaiety and gladness to all the millions who read the English tongue ...
Page 160
... true Work is sacred ; in all true Work , were it but true hand - labour , there is something of divineness . Labour , wide as the Earth , has its summit in Heaven . Sweat of the brow ; and up from that to sweat of the brain , sweat of ...
... true Work is sacred ; in all true Work , were it but true hand - labour , there is something of divineness . Labour , wide as the Earth , has its summit in Heaven . Sweat of the brow ; and up from that to sweat of the brain , sweat of ...
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... true oneself , Leaving the show of things to the Lord of show And Prince o ' the Power of the air . " 17. The Ideals ... True , the world , taken as a whole , is still coarse and selfish and ignorant and foolish . True , the tendency of ...
... true oneself , Leaving the show of things to the Lord of show And Prince o ' the Power of the air . " 17. The Ideals ... True , the world , taken as a whole , is still coarse and selfish and ignorant and foolish . True , the tendency of ...
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