distinction, power, Are baubles nothing worth, that only serve To rouse us up, as children in the schools Are roused up to exertion. The reward Is in the race we run, not in the prize And they, the few, that have it ere they earn it, VOL. i. Selected Essays - 79. oldalszerző: Abraham Hayward - 1878Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| William M. Thayer - 1909 - 232 oldal
...themselves." And its great value is in the discipline that self-reliance brings to the whole man. ' ; The reward is in the race we run, not in the prize." The late Lucy Stone was a farmer's daughter, sharing all the privations incident to a farmer's family... | |
| 1900 - 554 oldal
...may not come all at once ; we may not see the grand fulfilment, but if we accept the saying that " the reward is in the race we run, not in the prize," we shall gladly enter the lists and do our best, leaving the result in the hands of those who live... | |
| 1856 - 634 oldal
...sphere, that temperate zone, Where Knowledge lights his lamp. . . . What men most covet,— wealth, distinction, power, Are baubles nothing worth, that...the schools Are roused up to exertion. The reward It in the race we run, not in the prize ; And they, the few, that have it ere they earn it, Having,... | |
| William Peter Hamilton - 1998 - 372 oldal
...can always hearten ourselves by looking back and seeing how much we have already overcome. Perhaps the reward is in the race we run, not in the prize. This is not to say that the mere reading of this series of studies is any achievement if the reader... | |
| W. P. Hamilton - 2005 - 373 oldal
...can always hearten ourselves by looking back and seeing how much we have already overcome. Perhaps the reward is in the race we run, not in the prize. This is not to say that the mere reading of this series of studies is any achievement if the reader... | |
| 1836 - 608 oldal
...officer, whether he attains advancement or not : it is to such that the poet's language applies— " The reward Is in the race we run, not in the prize ; And they, the few, who have it ere they earn it. Know not, nor ever can, the generous pride That glows in him who on himself... | |
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