 It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life must apply himself to the work with such a concentration of his forces, as to idle spectators, who live only...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 582edited by - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 1827 - 506 pages
...intensity kept uniform by the nature of the human mind forbidding it to be less. His conduct implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...apply himself to the work with such a concentration of force as to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. [History of Missions.... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1916 - 560 pages
...belittling of the Power that made us. TO BE GREAT CONCENTRATE This one thing I do. — Saint Paul. "He who would do some great thing in this short life...apply himself to the work with such a concentration of forces, as, to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Did you ever... | |
 | 1917 - 394 pages
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 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 284 pages
...acquires an imaginary value in proportion as its real value is no more. — Oliver Goldsmith. *» .".*• He who would do some great thing in this short life must apply himself to work with such a concentration of his forces as, to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves,... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 252 pages
...an imaginary value in proportion as its real value is no more. — Oliver Goldsmith. ?•*• f-*He who would do some great thing in this short life must apply himself to work with such a concentration of his forces as, to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves,... | |
 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 pages
...thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.—Sidney Smith. He who would do some great thing in this short life must apply himself to work with such a concentration of his forces as, to idle spectators, who live only to amuse themselves,... | |
 | 1935 - 36 pages
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 | 1936
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