 | Winifred Taylor - 1871 - 362 pages
...and end ; Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.' LONGFELLOW. ^HERE was no twittering of birds to wake Violet next morning ; but little Lilla had crept... | |
 | 1871 - 868 pages
...works survive him. His name is his monument, and his writings are AM memorial. " The height«, by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night."—'Longfel'o«. e ^aht jof (Smtba. y HINKING it may Ъе interesting to many of our readers... | |
 | rev Andrew Cameron - 1871 - 776 pages
...the skies. Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slfrit, Jl'ere tailing upward in Uu night." But it is needful to add a caution. Let us never so earnestly... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great . / eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past,... | |
 | 1872 - 692 pages
...to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable Past,... | |
 | Lane Adams - 2003 - 178 pages
...in is hard work. 18 The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight t But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." 10 Too Much Too Soon IN THE MOVIE Dr. ZMvago there Is a that Is both horrible and instructive. It is... | |
 | Peter J. Gomes - 2009 - 386 pages
...these cautionary lines: The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by suddenßight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. ' William James, in a famous letter to HG Wells in 1906, credited what he called American "moral flabbiness"... | |
 | Sura College of Competition - 2004 - 116 pages
...belonged to the optimist. - Harold Wilkins The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not obtained by sudden flight But they, while their companions...too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern - unseen before, A path to higher destinies. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Let... | |
 | D.V. Rangarajan - 2004 - 172 pages
...Greatness 1 . A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats a little man. 2. The heights of great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight....companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. 3. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really... | |
 | Madabhushini Narasimhacharya - 2004 - 58 pages
...sage Ramanuja by quoting the following verse from an English poet, Longfellow: 'The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight,...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." (The Ladder of St. Augustine) Appendix / ?ft: II 30 Hill Hill SSJUM rRT ^ c: $T?T ft • ' (^ & 2-3-65)... | |
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The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night. 
