 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...the greatness of this necessity is in proportion to the greatness of evil. — .Forrar. 'Tis greatlv wise to talk with our past hours and ask them what report they bore to heaven, and how they inignt have borne more welcome news. — Young. Meditation is the mirxe of thought, and thought the... | |
 | Ernest Manly Taylor - 1908 - 356 pages
...Agriculture and Statistics at Ottawa, "Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?" "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours And ask them what report they gave to Heaven.' PREFACE IN offering this book to the people of Brome County I do so with a full consciousness... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 776 pages
...prayer, and the greatness of this necessity is in proportion to the greatness of evil. — Forrar. "Tie greatly wise to talk with our past hours and ask them what report they »ore to heaven, and how they might have borne more welcome news. — Young. Meditation is the nurse... | |
 | 1894 - 722 pages
...Salem. Taunton, MRS. AJ HOVEY, Judson. Worcester, MRS. EM OVERHOLSER, 168 Beacon St., Worcester. " 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And...report they bore to heaven, And how they might have carried better news." While we are to forget "those things which are behind and press forward to those... | |
 | Rev. S. Pollock Linn - 1881 - 472 pages
...soul without reserve to any human being, without danger of one day repenting my confidence. Burns. Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, and ask them what report they bore to heaven. Young. REAL friendship is of slow growth. It seldom arises at first sight. Nothing but our vanity will... | |
 | James Terry White - 1909 - 132 pages
...PHILLIPS BROOKS. 24. They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak. — LOWELL. 25. Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. — EDWARD YOUNG. 26. Keep close to duty. Never mind the future, if only you have peace of mind. Be... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1910 - 850 pages
...fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast. —THOMSON, JAMES, 1728, Spring, Seasons, 1. 1156. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And...; And how they might have borne more welcome news. —YOUNG, EDWARD, 1742, Night Thoughts, Night ii, 1. 376. Ah, happy hills 1 ah, pleasing shade I Ah... | |
 | John Bright - 1910 - 296 pages
...individuals ? Nothing is more common and nothing more wise than to look back. One of our poets has said : " "Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours And ask them what report they bore to Heaven." And how does a man become wiser as he grows older but by looking back upon the past, and by learning from the... | |
 | Josephine Eunice Seaman - 1910 - 106 pages
...allowed myself to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. 21. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, And ask them what report they bore to heaven. 22. Each morning sees some task begin. 23. He came clattering up to the school door with an invitation... | |
| |
Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news. 
