 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...little abroad. Perhaps the greatest in our city at this moment are Kuried in obscurity. Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, — that is,...be found in the humblest condition of life. A man hrought up to an obscure trade, and hemmed in by the wants of a growing family, may, in his narrow... | |
 | 1863 - 788 pages
...of a soul, is a great being. True greatness lies in the force of soul, the force of thought, and in moral principle and love ; and this may be found in the humblest condition of society. A man's greatness lies in what he is, not in hie surroundings, or possessions, but in his... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...in our city at this moment are t'liried in obscurity. Grandeur of character lies wholly in force nf soul, — that is, in the force of thought, moral...an obscure trade, and hemmed in by the wants of a irrowing family, may, in his narrow sphere, perceive more clearly, discriminate more keenly, weigh... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1866 - 414 pages
...greatest in our city at this moment are buried in obscurity. Grandeur of character lies wholly »r* force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral...principle, and love, and this may be found in the bum/ blest condition of life. A man brought up to an obscure trade,, and hemmed in by the wants of... | |
 | Joseph Edwin Frobisher - Elocution - 1867 - 276 pages
...in the magnitude of his outward agency, in the extent of the effects which he produces. Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, — that is, in the force of thought, moral principles and love ; and this may be found in the humblest condition of life. It is force of thought... | |
 | Charles Thompson McClenachan - Jewish calendar - 1868 - 646 pages
...more commonly so called ; for greatness consists in force of soul, that is, in force of thought, of moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition. For the greatest man or woman is that one who chooses right with the most invincible resolution, who... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1870 - 764 pages
...city at this moment are buried in obscurity. Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, th.it if it were designed to answer the pur- within the...better from the sun and stars, from the flowers of su ,1 growing family, may, in his narrow sphere, perceive more clearly, discriminate more keenly, weigh... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1880 - 862 pages
...['"'greatest in our city at this moment are buried in obscurity. Grandeur of character Jft »holly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought,...principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest con dition of life. A man brought up to an obscure trade, and hemmed in by the wants of a growing family,... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - Quotations, English - 1890 - 426 pages
...they spring up most plentifully. Real greatness has nothing to do with a man's sphere. Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul ; that is,...this may be found in the humblest condition of life. The greatest man is he who chooses the right with invincible resolution ; who resists the sorest temptations... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1890 - 1074 pages
...little abroad. Perhaps the greatest "in our city at this moment ïro buried in obscurity. Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul. that is, in...may be found in the humblest condition of life. A mm brought up to an obscure trade, and hemmed in by the wants of a growrag family, may, in his narrow... | |
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Perhaps the greatest in our city at this moment are buried in obscurity. Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life. 
