 | John Nichol - 1882 - 496 pàgines
...ijuoto a few sentences, worthy of Cicero or the Antonines, from the noble essay on Friendship — " Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what w« can : mich a one i« a friend. . . . He is a person with whom I may In' Hlin'.riv. Before him I... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - 926 pàgines
...an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short. ii. EMERSON— Considerations by the \V<iy. Our chief want in life, is, somebody who shall make us do what wo con. This is the ••«rvice of a friend. With him we uro easily rrtal. There is a sublime attraction... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 320 pàgines
...barren hours. Add the consent of will and temperament, and there exists the covenant of friendship. Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make...an understanding we have ! how few words are needed ! It is the only real society. An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth : — " He... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 pàgines
...close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. (Bovte. Our chief want in life, is, somebody who shall make...an understanding we have! how few words are needed ! It is the only real society. (Emertm. There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pàgines
...close to ns while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. (Bmee. Our chief want in life, is, somebody who shall make...is in us. How he flings wide the doors of existence I What questions we ask of him ! what an understanding we have ! how few words are needed ! It is the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pàgines
...barren hours. Add the consent of will and temperament, and there exists the covenant of friendship. ( I What questions we ask of him ! what an understanding we have ! how few words are needed I It is the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 558 pàgines
...barren hours. Add the consent of will and temperament, and there exists the covenant of friendship. Our chief want in life is, somebody who shall make...attraction in him to whatever virtue is in us. How ho flings wide the doors of existence I What questions we ask of him I what an understanding we have... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 330 pàgines
...barren hours. Add the consent of will and temperament, and there exists the covenant of friendship. Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make...we can. This is the service of a friend. With him wo are easily great. There is a sublime attraction in him to whatever virtue is in us. How he flings... | |
 | Howard Sandison - 1886 - 496 pàgines
...THE CONDITION OF EDUCATION. "I LEARNED early In life that my business was tagrow." MARGARET FULLER. "Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can; such a one is a friend." EMERSON. |K|oT every one is able to attain a great amount of *3* knowledge;... | |
 | Robert Comfort Metcalf - 1887 - 184 pàgines
...Massachusetts . . Me. Michigan .... Minnesota .... Md. Mass. Mich. Minn. PART III. Lesson I. Dictation. OUR chief want in life is somebody who shall make...is in us. How he flings wide the doors of existence ! — EMERSON. Names of Cities. Par is To ki o VI en na Cal cut ta Pe kin Ma dras' Glas gow Brook lyn... | |
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Our chief want in life is, somebody who shall make us do what we can. This is the service of a friend. With him we are easily great. There is a sublime attraction in him to whatever virtue is in us. How he flings wide the doors of existence ! What questions... 
