...feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. 2 The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept Were toiling upward in the night. 3 Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen...

...doing, is worth doing well. No man alive has furnished a more fitting illustration of the lines— " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." Every sentence which Dr. Caird utters in his discourses is turned and polished...

...doing, is worth doing well. No man alive has furnished a more fitting illustration of the lines— " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." Every sentence which Dr. Caird utters in his discourses is turned and polished...

...sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night "COD WITH US." Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern, unseen before, A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable past As wholly wasted,...

...day, and at times far into the night. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not obtained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." And no one can ever hope to attain unto eminence without the constant upward toiling. " One day,—in...

...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 attained by sadden flight: But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." In truth,...

...feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more —„ The cloudy summits of our time. The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen before — A path to higher destinies. Nor deem the irrevocable past As wholly wasted...

...feet to scale and climb By slow degrees — by more and more — The cloudy summits of our time. 2 The heights by great men reached and kept Were not...companions slept Were toiling upward in the night. 3 Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern — unseen...

...knowledge of heaven by the spasmodic efforts, or the specially fervent desires, of an hour or a year. " The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." 1 We might be taken up with the indolent pleasures of the world, engrossed by...

...indeed, been loving responses to that last 'Good-night.' CHAPTER X. t&fyt Summit. THE heights by groat men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight,...companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. LOSQFELLOW. IT is customary to compare the biographies of the Bible with those contained in other books,...