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To be loved all your life by a being you love that is the problem to be solved, and toward the solution of which all your efforts should be directed. To make yourself loved, is to store up treasures of happiness for the winter.
Each successful mind, according to its degree of culture, arrives finally at a perception of every class of objects presented to it which is most in agreement with its own nature that is, calls forth or nourishes its most cherished energies and efforts, while harmonising with its choicest memories.
It was indeed a fearful sight to see the contortions, the agonizing efforts, of the poor creatures who had been touched by one of these awful clouds, and were dissolving and melting into it by inches without the possibility of escape or resistance. "This was the only visible object that had the least power over the phantoms, and this was evidently composed of the same material as themselves.
Such a man brings a nation more honor than the greatest commanders! Like so many others, he began with difficulties and setbacks, but he triumphed because he has the volunteer spirit. And it's sad to think that this deed, which should have been an international deed, which would have insured that any administration went down in history, will succeed only through the efforts of one man.
Not until they had been definitely condemned by the Church did he cease his efforts to win them from their errors efforts which were received, for the most part, in a spirit of vindictive bitterness. The teaching of the Jansenists, like that of most other heretics, had begun by being fairly plausible.
Washington Irving's efforts must, to a great extent, be lost on readers who are lacking in the ear for style.
And so on my own part I will have a special care of them, and will do my best to uphold them by every possible means, as I will do all the rest who have put their trust in me. But I name Holland and Zeeland more especially, because they have been so constant and faithful in their efforts to assist the rest in shaking off the yoke of the enemy.
He used his hook so coyly and tenderly, he approached the fish with such address and insinuation, he divined the exact spot where they lay: if they were not eager, he humored them and seemed to steal by them; if they were playful and coquettish, he would suit his mood to theirs; if they were frank and sincere, he met them halfway; he was so patient and considerate, so entirely devoted to pleasing the critical trout, and so successful in his efforts, surely his heart was upon his hook, and it was a tender, unctuous heart, too, as that of every angler is.
Is this an argument against the enactment of laws to protect the people from great wrongs especially the weaker and more helpless ones? To the half-hearted, the indifferent and the pusillanimous yes! But with brave, true men, who have at heart the best interests of humanity, this can only intensify opposition to wrong, and give strength for new efforts to destroy its power.
Though their guilty designs were unquestioned, they would be difficult of proof. The grateful merchants offered Kit Carson a large sum of money for his heroic and successful efforts to save their lives. He replied: "It is a sufficient reward for me to have been instrumental in saving the lives of two worthy citizens. I can not think of receiving one cent of money."
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