 expressed by him early in a prayer which he threw into this verse : — " Great God ! I ask Thee for no meaner pelf, Than that I may not disappoint myself ; That in my conduct I may soar as high As I  Henry D. Thoreau - 295. oldalszerző: Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1882 - 324 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - 1843 - 560 oldal
...aspiration of a different mind, in quite other regions of power and duty, yet they all accord at last. " Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high, As I can now discern with this clear eye. That my weak hand may equal my... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - 1843 - 564 oldal
...aspiration of a different mind, in quite other regions of power and duty, yet they all accord at last. " Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high, As I can now discern with this clear eye. That my weak hand may equal my... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1866 - 314 oldal
...aspiration of a different mind, in quite other regions of power and duty, yet they all accord at last. " Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye. " And next in value, which thy... | |
 | Laurence Oliphant - 1870 - 346 oldal
...saint, which, in years gone by, had fixed itself permanently in some vacant niche of my mind :— " Great God ! I ask Thee for no meaner pelf, Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my actions I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye; »?' And next in value what Thy... | |
 | John Burroughs, Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1882 - 200 oldal
...rung, When that is done I will not fear But the same power will abet my tongue. PRAYER. Great God II ask thee for no meaner pelf, Than that I may not disappoint...myself; That in my conduct I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye; That my weak hand may equal my firm faith, And my life practise... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1882 - 368 oldal
...ambition — a purpose in life which only the unthinking could ever confound with selfishness—was expressed by him early in a prayer which he threw...: — " Great God! I ask Thee for no meaner pelf, Thau that I may not disappoint myself; That in my conduct I may soar as high As I can now discern with... | |
 | 1886 - 580 oldal
...following is the prayer of Henry D. Thoreau, an American author and philosopher: " Great God, I ask no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may Boar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye. And next in value which Thy kindness... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 462 oldal
...anthem 's rung, When that is done I will not fear But the same power will abet my tongue. PRAYER GEEAT God ! I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may...myself ; That in my conduct I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye ; And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That I may greatly... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 456 oldal
...rung, When that is done I will not fear But the same power will abet my tongue. PRAYER GREAT God! 1 ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint...myself; That in my conduct I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye; And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That I may greatly... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 236 oldal
...aspiration of a different mind, in quite other regions of power and duty, yet they all accord at last. *' Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high, As I can now discern with this clear eye. " And next in value, which thy... | |
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