 | James Walter (major, Lancs. artillery volunteers.) - 1882 - 506 páginas
...need care how much ground they stand upon. The strength is in the men, and in their unity and virtue. A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools; and only that nation gains true territory, which gains itself. No government is ultimately strong,... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 páginas
...suffer'd, rivers cannot quench." SHAEESPEARE. Henry VI., Pt. III. (Clarence), Act IV., Sc. VIII. " A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools " RUSKIN. Crown of Wild Olive. War, 114. "A little learning is adang'rous thing; Drink deep, or taste... | |
 | William D. Hall - 1898 - 326 páginas
...their spears was like stars on the sea When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. — BYRON. 15. A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools. — UUSKJN. 10. When the Athenian audience hissed a public speaker for a mispronunciation, it did not... | |
 | Walter Lorenzo Sheldon - 1904 - 478 páginas
...Bcoitation. '"The strength is in the men, and in their unity and virtue, not in their standing room: A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools; and only that nation gains true territory, which gains itself. * * * Remember, no government is ultimately... | |
 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 páginas
...love of praise, as its greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure. Sesame and Liliet. Part i. Hi. A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools. Crown of Wild Olive. War. Fine art is that in which the hand, the head and the heart go together. The... | |
 | 1918 - 602 páginas
...the strength of a nation was in its men, ' ' in their unity and virtue, not in their standing room; a little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools; and only that nation gains true territory, which gains itself. ' ' No nation has as yet adopted this... | |
 | Anna De Koven - 1923 - 232 páginas
...lighting each one of usr is the sacred flame of liberty. CHAPTER XI THE CONSTITUTION i. How IT WAS MADE A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools. — JOHN RUSKIN. 1. How do we happen to have so well-planned a government! Because our forefathers not only had more... | |
 | C. B. Morris - 1969 - 328 páginas
...the index ; to her I owe a great deal. February 1969 CBM INTRODUCTION 'THE BRILLIANT PLEIAD' A litde group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools. John Ruskin, Crown of Wild Olive The contributors to the lively magazine Lola, which appeared in Spain in 1928 and... | |
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A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools; and only that nation gains true territory, which gains itself. 