 | James Comper Gray - 1879 - 398 sider
...find any centre to ; revolve round, and so fashion itself into a system. Most true is j it, as a Avise man teaches us, that "doubt of any sort cannot be...this other precept well to heart, which to me was of invalvable service : •• Do the duty which lies nearest thee," which thou knowest to be a duty !... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 sider
...does it find any centre to revolve round, and so fashion itself into a system. Most true is it, as dsrkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 sider
...other than ourselves can seize. " Let him," to quote Teufelsdrockh again, " who gropes principally in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this precept well to heart, ' Do the duty which lies nearest thee.' " We shall need po help from others... | |
 | 1881 - 552 sider
...does it find any centre to revolve round and so fashion itself into a system. Most true is it, аз a wise man teaches us, that " doubt of any sort cannot...On which ground, too, let him who gropes painfully and in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this... | |
 | 1911 - 826 sider
...does it find any centre to revolve round, and so fashion itself into a system. Most true it is, as a wise man teaches us, that 'Doubt of any sort cannot be removed^except by Action.' " — THOMAS CAM.YLE. INSTANCES of minor surgical operations wherein the... | |
 | James J. O'Dea - 1882 - 356 sider
...birth of young Germany, and is couched in these words : " Let him who gropes painfully in darkness and uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this * * precept well to heart : Do the duty which lies nearest to thee." By Browning a remedy for the same... | |
 | 1888 - 492 sider
...Carlyle says, " Most true is it, as a wise man teaches us, that ' Doubt of any sort cannot be removed but by action.' On which ground, too, let him who gropes...was of invaluable service : ' Do the duty which lies nearD est thee,' which thou knowest to be a duty ! The second duty will already have become clearer."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Burnham - 1883 - 324 sider
...itself into Conduct. Nay, properly, Conviction is not possible till then. . . . Most true is it, as a wise man teaches us, that " Doubt of any sort cannot...which ground, too, let him who gropes painfully in the darkness or uncertain light and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1885 - 688 sider
...it find ' any centre to revolve round, and so fashion itself into a sys' tern. Most true is it, as a wise man teaches us, that " Doubt ' of any sort...ground too let him who gropes painfully in darkness or un' certain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ' ripen into day, lay this other precept... | |
 | John Thomas Dale - 1887 - 650 sider
...and worthy to be the watchword of every earnest life: " Let him who gropes painfully in darkness of uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this precept well to heart, which to me was of incalculable service, ' Do the duty which lies nearest thee,... | |
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Action." On which ground, too, let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to 148 me was of invaluable service : " Do the Duty which lies... 
