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To sport upon its shore and hear the roll of its mighty waters is the divine privilege of youth. If any difference is to be made in the education of boys and girls, it must be with the purpose of giving to future women more that is "unvocational," "unapplied," "unpractical."
The poor little woman, if she, instead of having passed thirty-two springs, had not passed more than thirty-one the difference according to her arithmetic was very great would have thrown back the prize which Destiny offered her, and preferred to wait for another more in conformity with her tastes.
Johnny took upon himself the duties of architect, and, considering the difficulties in the way of such labor, the others were not unwilling that he should hold the office. Master Jones found that there was a vast deal of difference between thinking of what he would like to do in the way of making improvements, and actually planning how to make them.
Alderling's fine appetite so strongly in mind that I had failed to note his. Certainly, however, there was a difference in one sort which I could not be mistaken in, and that was in his not talking. Her mantle of silence had fallen upon him, and whereas he used hardly to give me a chance in the conversation, he now let me do all of it.
This, verily, is the truth, and all else naught but error.—Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 255. Progressive Revelation A great stumbling block to many, in the way of religious unity, is the difference between the Revelations given by the different Prophets. What is commanded by one is forbidden by another; how then can both be right, how can both be proclaiming the Will of God?
I will tell you some of the differences between being old and young, and then you can ask me questions, and so we will get at both sides of the matter. First, an old man gets tired quicker than a boy." The boy thought for a moment, and then replied: "That is not a great difference, for a boy does get very tired." The Philosopher continued: "An old man does not want to eat as often as a boy."
As soon as Benson grasped this fact he began a masterly retreat. Wayne noticed the difference between the partners: Honaton, the less able of the two, wanted to save the situation, but before everything else wanted to leave in Wayne's mind the sense that he had made a fool of himself.
And all with a high air that left his opponent gasping and helpless and floundering with the feeling that he had been somehow most severely and completely, not to say most righteously, rebuked. There you have vague charcoal sketches of Senator Hanway and John Harley; you may note as wide a difference between the two as lies between warclubs and poisons.
"He said the first thing I should do would be to pay you off, and as it don't make any difference whether I pay interest to you or the bank, he loaned me enough money to pay you off, so the next time we go to town we'll fix the matter up. I told John White if I went broke he'd be the one to suffer." "What did he say?" asked his father.
"You have asked him!" he repeated, in astonishment. "Yes. You mustn't think that, in asking you, I am unfair to him in any way or that I doubt his sincerity. She paused. "But I want to know what you believe." The fact that she emphasized the last pronoun sent another thrill through him. Did it, then, make any difference to her what he believed?
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