 | 1840 - 480 pagina’s
...this cannot be, and yon have within' yourself the only resource to which we can confidently apply fi,r relief, a philosophic mind. " If to be venerated for...for philanthropy, can gratify the human' mind, you most have the pleasing consolation to know, that you have not lived in vain. And I flatter myself that... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 582 pagina’s
...with the earnest prayers of every friend to science and humanity, could relieve the body from pains or infirmities, that you could claim an exemption on...for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if lo be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation... | |
 | George Washington - 1847 - 590 pagina’s
...with the earnest prayers of every friend to science and humanity, could relieve the body from pains or infirmities, that you could claim an exemption on...for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if (o be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation... | |
 | Chemical Society (Great Britain) - 1924 - 1622 pagina’s
...Institute was also to serve as a perpetual remembrance of the great man of whom Washington said, ' If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired...consolation to know that you have not lived in vain.' " It is not then surprising to find that the activities of the Institute have been as many-sided as... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1856 - 588 pagina’s
...affords a more just view of the legitimate rank their author held in the affections of his countrymen. " If to- be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired...consolation to know that you have not lived in vain." It must be confessed that the spiritual was not developed in Franklin's nature in proportion to the... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1857 - 490 pagina’s
...affords a more just view of the legitimate rank their author held in the affections of his countrymen. " If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired...consolation to know that you have not lived in vain." It must be confessed that the spiritual was not developed in Franklin's nature in proportion to the... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1857 - 492 pagina’s
...affords a more just view of the legitimate rank their author held in the affections of his countrymen. " If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired...consolation to know that you have not lived in vain." It must be confessed that the spiritual was not developed in Franklin's nature in proportion to the... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1857 - 492 pagina’s
...affords a more just view of the legitimate rank their author held in the affections of his countrymen. "If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired...consolation to know that you have not lived in vain." It must be confessed that the spiritual was not developed in Franklin's nature in proportion to the... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 pagina’s
...man, finds for us no more acceptable expression than in these words addressed to him by a friend : " If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired...talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be blessed for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1861 - 304 pagina’s
...force of energy, industry, integrity, and perseverance, in human destiny. Washington wrote to him : " If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired...must have the pleasing consolation to know that you Lave not lived in vain. And I flatter myself that it will not be ranked among the least grateful occurrences... | |
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If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain. 
