 | James Wheeler (of Prestwich.) - 1836 - 562 pages
...has been cMefly, nay I may say almost solely, from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from auy superior genins that one man possesses over another,...myself." When the first expedition to the polar regions under command of Captain, now Sir John, Ross, was fitted out by Oovernment, Sir Humphry Davy addressed... | |
 | 1845 - 638 pages
...nay, I may say almost solely, from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from...my opinion, that makes one man succeed better than anoiher. That is all I shall say concerning myself." In all this there was no affectation. One who... | |
 | Successful men - 1853 - 200 pages
...chiefly, nay, I may say solely, from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius which one man possesses over another, but more from attention...men rise to greater eminence than others. This it is which in my opinion makes one man succeed better than another." Whether this opinion be strictly true... | |
 | William Charles Henry - 1854 - 346 pages
...nay, I may say, almost solely from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from...that some men rise to greater eminence than others." Like all original self-reliant minds, he was never solicitous to consult books, or to learn the opinions... | |
 | George Wilson - 1862 - 408 pages
...Thomson of Glasgow cannot now be ranked among the great living chemists. He died in 1852.]—ED. other, but more from attention to study and perseverance...another. That is all I shall say concerning myself.' In all this there was no affectation. One who knew Dalton well, said of him during his life, ' If led... | |
 | Henry Lonsdale - 1867 - 336 pages
...nay, I may say, almost solely — from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from...that some men rise to greater eminence than others." Like Sir Isaac Newton, Dalton did not believe in such a thing as genius ; and though it be too much... | |
 | Henry Lonsdale - 1874 - 352 pages
...nay, I may say, almost solely — from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from...that some men rise to greater eminence than others." Like Sir Isaac Newton, Dalton did not believe in such a thing as genius ; and though it be too much... | |
 | Victoria and Albert museum - 1876 - 550 pages
...nay, I may say, almost solely — from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from...that some men rise to greater eminence than others." Dalton's early independence and spirit is well shown by the fact related in the interesting life of... | |
 | Nathaniel Tyler - 1879 - 546 pages
...— I may say almost solely — from unwearied assiduity ; this not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from...perseverance in the objects before them that some men rise to a greater eminence than others." If, as has been said, genius may be defined as "an infinite capacity... | |
 | Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - 1887 - 516 pages
...nay, I may say, almost solely from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from...that some men rise to greater eminence than others." matter, and as shaping forth those pictorial representations of unseen things by which his earliest... | |
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I have succeeded better than many who surround me, in the different walks of life, it has been chiefly, nay, I may say almost solely, from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from... 
