| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1872 - 826 pages
...the nation's history was evidently a mere caprice or accident of fortune. There is an ancient proverb that "A prophet is never without honor save in his own country," and a modern version of it declares that " A man is never a hero to his wife or to his valet." It is... | |
| Medicine - 1883 - 204 pages
...county society. He knows everybody, and everybody present knows him, and it is a generally admitted fact that a prophet is never without honor, save in his own country. With such an audience a writer cannot expect them to be unfamiliar with his requirements, or his advant.iges... | |
| National Association of Builders of the United States of America - Building - 1890 - 192 pages
...calibre will often prove to be of very considerable value as a visitor in other cities. The old saying, that " A prophet is never without honor save in his own country," is quite applicable in this connection. A new voice, a fresh personality, the presentation of new ideas,... | |
| United States. Bureau of Manufactures - Consular reports - 1895 - 622 pages
...particular trade questions through the same channels. All this may be another illustration of the fact that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country. It may be interesting to the public to know, too, that the work of consular officers of the United... | |
| Joseph Patterson Smith - 1898 - 906 pages
...entire life has been spent, thereby proving an exception to the spirit of the old proverb which says that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country. He was born in Meigs county on the 25th of July, 1867, and comes of an old and honored family, noted... | |
| Benjamin F. Gue, Benjamin Franklin Shambaugh - Iowa - 1899 - 576 pages
...induced him to accept the nomination for state senator, when, as if to prove the exception to the rule that "a prophet is never without honor save in his own country, " he was elected by a majority of 934 over a popular republican candidate who had the advantage of... | |
| La Salle County (Ill.) - 1900 - 512 pages
...a large and lucrative practice, his skill and ability being quickly recognized. It is an old saying that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country; but Dr. Corbus enjoys high honor even there also, for in the citv where he was reared and where he... | |
| Logan County (Ill.) - 1901 - 782 pages
...life he has resided in this locality, and his life record is in contradistinction to the old proverb that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country. His keen discernment, business ability and, moreover, his unquestioned loyalty to the best interests... | |
| Knox County (Ohio) - 1902 - 652 pages
...the bar. Immediately afterward he opened his office in his native city, and his career sets at naught the old adage that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country, for in his native city, 22O 221 where he is so well known, he has continually advanced, industriously pursuing... | |
| Fairfield County (Ohio) - 1902 - 500 pages
...the greatest usefulness. FRANKLIN P. STUKEY, MD The life history of Franklin P. Stukey sets at naught the old adage that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country, for in the county of his nativity the Doctor has won distinction, gradually advancing to a prominent place... | |
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