| 1910 - 862 páginas
...task in most acts of rescue. Under the impulse the feeblest becomes equal to the ordeal: — So close is grandeur to our dust. So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The Youth replies, I can. THE NEW ERA IN SOUTH AFRICA. "It is officially announced that Lord Gladstone has invited General... | |
| 1901 - 578 páginas
...Society for 1857. FR DAVIES. Hawthorn, Black Rock. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (9 th S. viii. 85).— So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, " Thou must," Tho youtn replies, " I can !" ' Voluntaries,' Ralph Waldo Emerson. He is oft the wisest man Who is... | |
| 1901 - 690 páginas
...Society for 1857. FR DAVIES. Hawthorn, Black Rock. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (9th S. viii. 85).— So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, "Thou muet," The youth replies, " I can !" ' Voluntaries,' Ralph Waldo Emerson. He is oft the wisest man... | |
| Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 páginas
...heaven upon earth for ourselves and for all human kind, if we can begin each day by saying with Emerson, ''So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God...Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The Youth replies, 'I can!'" 99 DISCUSSION. JAMES H. ECOB: My excuse for talking so much here is this text of the Scripture... | |
| William Lovett - 1853 - 496 páginas
...reasons are profound, they are also self-asserting. When presented, you say, — I 6now them already. " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies. / can." This inner voice, declaring for God and duty, is often hushed, often unheeded, and so at last... | |
| 1885 - 676 páginas
...to repudiate that doctrine. I give you a finer and a nobler motto — So nigh is glory to our duty, So near is God to man ; When duty whispers low "Thou must," The soul replies, " I can." And if I am to speak to you about duties, I will mention one which is too often... | |
| 1897 - 678 páginas
...be known," after the Truth manner, in lines like these? "So ni).rh is grandeur to our dust. So noar is God to man, When Duty whispers low, thou must, The youth replies, I can." " Virtue alone is sweet society, It keeps the key to all heroic hearts, And opens you a welcome... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 226 páginas
...him willing to be led, For freedom he will strike and strive, And drain his heart till he be dead. m. IN an age of fops and toys, Wanting wisdom, void of...When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
| 1867 - 1052 páginas
...nimble air benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace diviiic To hearts in sloth niul ease. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is...When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / can. " Blooms the laurel which belongs To the valiant chief who fights ; I see the wreath, I hear... | |
| 1867 - 784 páginas
...waft the breath of grace diviue To hearts in sloth and case. 1 867.] Reviews and Literary Notices. So nigh is grandeur to our dust. So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Tkou must, The youth replies, / гаи. " Blooms the laurel which belongs To the valiant chief who... | |
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