 Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves to be satisfied with the most indifferent attainments, and a miserable mediocrity, without so much as inquiring how they may rise higher, much less making any attempt to rise.  The North American Review - Page 300edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Unitarianism - 1824 - 356 pages
...accident, and that every one must be content to remain just what he may happen to be. Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves...satisfied with the most indifferent attainments, and :; miserable mediocrity, without so much as inquiring how they might rise higher, much less making... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1824 - 382 pages
...to remain just what he may happen to be. Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and gui'les, suffer themselves to be satisfied with the most indifferent...attainments, and a miserable mediocrity, without so n,uc!i as inquiring how they might rise higher, niuch less making any attempt to rise. For any other... | |
 | Henry Ware - Preaching - 1826 - 118 pages
...accident, and that every one must be content to remain just what he may happen to be. Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves...served an apprenticeship, and would be ashamed to practice it in public before they had learned it-. If any one would sing, he attends a master, and... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...accident, and that every one must be content to remain just what he may happen to be. Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves...mediocrity, without so much as inquiring how they may rise higher, much less making any attempt to rise. For any other art they would have served an... | |
 | John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...be. Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves to be sa-- tisfied with the most indifferent attainments, and a miserable...rise higher, much less making any attempt to rise. 2. For any other art they would have served an apprenticeship, and would be ashamed to practice it... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1834 - 188 pages
...accident, and that every one must be content to remain just what he may happen to be. Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves...mediocrity, without so much as inquiring how they may rise higher, much less making any attempt to rise. For any other art they would have served an... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...accident, and that every one must be content to remain just what he may happen to be. Thus, multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves to be satisfied with the most indifferent0 attainments,'i and a miserable mediocrity, without so much as inquiring how they may rise... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...accident, and that every one must be content to remain just what he may happen to be. Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves...mediocrity, without so much as inquiring how they may rise higher, much less making any attempt to rise. For any other art they would have served an... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...accident, and that every one must be content to remain just what he may happen to be. Thus, multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, suffer themselves to be satisfied with the most indifferent" attainments,d and a miserable mediocrity, without so much as inquiring how they may rise higher, much... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...and that every one must be content | to remain just what Ae may happen to be. | Thus multitudes, who come forward as teachers and guides, | suffer themselves...mediocrity, | without so much as inquiring how they may rise higher, | much less making any attempt to rise. | For any other art they would have served... | |
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