 The fact is, that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.  Annual Report - Page 429by New Jersey. Board of Agriculture - 1885Full view - About this book
 | 596 pages
...anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as...perpetually calculating risks, and adjusting nice chances. It did all very well before the Flood, when a man could consult his friends upon an intended publication... | |
 | Magnetic healing - 1851 - 462 pages
...in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as...perpetually calculating risks, and adjusting nice chances : it did all very well before the Flood, when a man could consult his friends upon an intended publication... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1849 - 446 pages
...in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as...perpetually calculating risks, and adjusting nice chances: it did all very well before the Flood, when a man could consult his friends upon an intended publication... | |
 | American periodicals - 1850 - 600 pages
...in thie world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as...perpetually calculating risks, and adjusting nice chances ; it did all very well before the flood, when a man could consult his friends upon an intended publication... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 420 pages
...in this world worth doing, vn must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of 4he cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as...perpetually calculating risks, and adjusting nice chances : it did all very well before the Flood, when a man could consult his friends upon an intended publication... | |
 | 1851 - 730 pages
...thing, and mean to doit well, we must not stand shivering on the bank and' thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can. It will never do to be perpetually calculating risks and adjusting nice chances ; life is too short for that... | |
 | David Thomas - 1882 - 446 pages
...fame. The fact is that to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble...^perpetually calculating risks and adjusting nice chances; it did very well before the flood, when a man could consult his friends upon an intended publication... | |
 | 1852 - 374 pages
...that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble...perpetually calculating risks, and adjusting nice chances : it did all very well before the Flood, when a man could consult his friends upon an intended publication... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1852 - 584 pages
...in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, and thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. It will not do to be perpetually caleulating THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. risks, and adjusting nice chances : it did all very well before... | |
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