 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
 | Australia - 1858 - 668 pages
...anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back, shivering, and thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in. and scramble through as well...can. It will not do to be perpetually calculating tasks, and adjusting nice chances ; it did very well before the flood, where a man could consult his... | |
 | John Pugh - Self-culture - 1858 - 98 pages
...and delay are dangerous. " To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can." And by making a beginning of anything, many of the supposed difficulties vanish away. Calvin says,... | |
 | D R. M'Nab - 1860 - 296 pages
...SMITH. 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 through as well as we can. SYDNEY SMITH. How .mysteriously soul and body act and react upon one another ; how one half of the... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 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... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English essays - 1865 - 478 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... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 508 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... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Ability - 1867 - 258 pages
...witty moralist, "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...It will not do to be perpetually calculating risks 118 NELSON'S EARLY HEROISM. and adjusting nice chances. It did very well before the flood, when a man... | |
 | Julie Gouraud - 1868 - 362 pages
...courage. 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." — SYDNEY SMITH. CHAPTER I. A LETTEE FKOM FOKEIGN PAETS. A THICK mist covered the valley of Niederbronn,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1870 - 340 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Anderson (D.D.) - Europe - 1870 - 392 pages
...courage. The fact is, to do anything in the world worth doing, you must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as you can. History records not a few heroines who suffered not the commotions of the world, nor even... | |
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