...Wykehamist devotes itself, in one of its leaders, to the refutation of the opinion — " The heights that great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." Preferring, rather, the old creed — " Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, and wealthy,...

...accident — these are the dreams of indolence — but by steadfast perseverance and rigid self-culture. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." In truth, every thought and every hour were consecrated by this boy-sculptor...

...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may...

...Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern—unseen before—...

...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before,...

...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. . Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen...

...Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. " Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen...

...earnestness, diligence and perseverance. These are qualities without which no man can truly succeed in life. " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudaen flight. But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." It is by...

...when the ordinary man commenced the work of the day. We are reminded of the statement of Longfellow: "The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." Thoroughness was one of his traits. At sixteen years of age he was a surveyor of recognized ability....

...of modern times." Longfellow has beautifully said, in words which are familiar to every reader, — "The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." Never was the truth of this maxim more fully verified than in the life of Prince...