| Thomas Hawkes Tanner - 1858 - 432 sider
..." to fust in us unused." To quote the worda of a true poet:—* " We live in deeds, not years—in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives, Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best." CHAPTEE V. ACCIDENTS... | |
| Harriet B. Cooke - 1858 - 358 sider
...Peace to the memory of a man of worth." " We lire in deeds, not years—in thoughts, not breath— In feelings, not in figures on a dial— We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most—feels the noblest—acts the best." AT the close of August,... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 sider
...seem We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; Spent as is this by nations of mankind. In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most—feels the noblest—acts the best. SUITABLE MUSIC. BAILEY'S... | |
| Michigan State Agricultural Society - 1859 - 600 sider
...former. w Life's more than breath and the quick round of bloodIt is a great spirit and a busy heart» We live in deeds not years; in thoughts not breaths; In feelings j not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels... | |
| S. M. Henry Davis - 1859 - 490 sider
...detracted from his essential consistency. " We should count time by heart-throbs, Not by bom's upon a dial. He most lives, Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best." Though his life was undistinguished by action, it glowed with all the elements of greatness. In his... | |
| Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1860 - 482 sider
...few lines, embodying my own sentiments, and in a form much more impressive than I can command : — "We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths;...not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. lie most t Wìio thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.' I have somewhere met... | |
| Popular educator - 1860 - 424 sider
...Spent u iü lilis by nations of mankind. We live in deeds, not years ;—in thoughts, Dot brcutlle ;— In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most livei Who lliinki most—feels the noblest—acts the best." The philosophy of... | |
| William L. Robinson - 1860 - 336 sider
...which raised them in feeling to the scale of angels. At that time, heir life was in deeds, not days ; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial: They counted time by heart-throbs." A few days after the opening of this asylum some Protestant ladies... | |
| Clerus pseud - 1861 - 242 sider
...beginning—may the end be success I May it be the same with you also, 0 reader! CHAPTER X. THE PHASES OF LIFE. " We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts,...not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best." WE must now pass over... | |
| Levi Cooper Lane - 1861 - 538 sider
...may you "presstoward the mark for the prize of your high calling." And remember, with the poet, that "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;...not in figures on a dial; We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most—feels the noblest—acts the best. Life's but a means... | |
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