A family tree, Volume 3R. Bentley, 1876 |
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Page 284 - The path of duty was the way to glory: He, that ever following her commands, On with toil of heart and knees and hands, Thro...
Page 5 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
Page 155 - Natal, possibly three weeks' or a month's voyage, and therefore the colonists want the power of transport before they can reach their market, and, unhappily, they are not wealthy enough to undertake this. When the mountain would not go to Mahomet, Mahomet went to the mountain, and this must be the case now if there be sufficient enterprise in this country to bring Mahomet and the mountain together. If it can be shown that the thing will pay, there are seldom want-ing those who are willing to profit...
Page 146 - ... personally. In such a case, therefore, I believe we have a right to choose, and I believe we shall be justified in accepting that view as the original one, the one peculiar to Buddha himself, which harmonizes least with the later system of orthodox Buddhism. As regards the denial of a Creator, or atheism in the ordinary acceptation of the word, I do not think that any one passage from the books of the canon known to us, can be quoted which contravenes it, or which in any way presupposes the belief...
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Page 180 - I will show it to you." He opened a drawer in his writing-table, took out a key, unlocked the fastening of the cover, and lifted it.