| Massachusetts Bar Association - 1914 - 176 pages
...pleasures do not make happiness and that the root of joy as of duty is to put out all one's powers to some great end ... to hammer out as compact and solid...make it first rate, and to leave it unadvertised." The last three words convey a lesson which is sorely needed to-day in many quarters. In 1867 he was... | |
| Massachusetts Bar Association - 1914 - 176 pages
...that the root of joy as of duty is to put Out all one's powers to some great end ... to hammer-out as compact and solid a piece of work as one can, to...make it first rate, and to leave it unadvertised." The last three words convey a lesson which is sorely needed to-day in many quarters. In 1867 he was... | |
| Massachusetts Bar Association - 1914 - 176 pages
...says, is " to see so far as one may, and to feel the great forces that are behind every detail . . . to hammer out as compact and solid a piece of work as one can, to make it first rate and to leave it unadvertised." On another occasion he said that because in the large... | |
| Harvard University. Class of 1861 - 1915 - 202 pages
...to a great end, — the least wave of the Atlantic Ocean is mightier than one of Buzzard's Bay, — to hammer out as compact and solid a piece of work as one can, to try to make it first-rate, and to leave it unadvertised. "As one listens from above to the roar of a great city there... | |
| 1917 - 168 pages
...was his life, a life rich in fruits and ending surrounded by honor and by love. BY MOORFIELD STOREY I AM very glad to add my tribute of high respect and...death leaves a void which will not easily be filled. ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES EZRA RIPLEY THAYER IN HARVARD LAW REVIEW, APRIL, 1«15... | |
| Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe - 1927 - 678 pages
...apparently even caring for the recognition which was his due. He seemed in his daily labors to recognise and act upon the truth stated by Justice Holmes, that...make it first rate, and to leave it unadvertised.' Wherever he went he inspired confidence, and he carried with him always the high respect and warm regard... | |
| Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1928 - 504 pages
...action and small ; the least wavelet of the Atlantic Ocean is mightier than one of Buzzard's Bay — to hammer out as compact and solid a piece of work...make it first rate, and to leave it unadvertised. It was a good thing for us in our college days, as Moorfield Storey pointed out a few years ago in... | |
| William Roscoe Thayer - 1912 - 872 pages
...action and small ; the least wavelet of the Atlantic Ocean is mightier than one of Buzzard's Bay, — to hammer out as compact and solid a piece of work as one can, to try to make it first-rate, and to leave it unadvertised. It was a good thing for us in our college days, as Moorfield... | |
| G. Edward White - 1995 - 649 pages
...select audience of elite professionals, and as late as 191 1 he had said that his goal as a judge was "to hammer out as compact and solid a piece of work...can, to try to make it first rate, and to leave it unadvertised."3 But at the same time he had exhibited pique at the glib characterizations of him in... | |
| Mortimer R. Feinberg, John J. Tarrant - 1995 - 292 pages
...workmanship." Oliver Wendell Holmes talked about pride in one's work: "To hammer out as compact and as solid a piece of work as one can, to try to make it first rate" — this is a goal of all mature people. isn't it About fime you Crew Up? A. One-Day Test of Your Maturity... | |
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