The Bright Side: Little Excursions Into the Field of OptimismF. D. Beattys & Company, 1909 - 116 pages |
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... faith , and a score of hearts will show Their faith in your word and deed . Give truth , and your gift will be paid in kind , And honor will honor meet ; And a smile that is sweet will surely find A smile that is just as sweet . For ...
... faith , and a score of hearts will show Their faith in your word and deed . Give truth , and your gift will be paid in kind , And honor will honor meet ; And a smile that is sweet will surely find A smile that is just as sweet . For ...
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... faith in loaves of bread For hungry people , young and old , And hope inspired , kind words he said To those he sheltered from the cold . For we must feed As well as pray . What was his creed ? I cannot say . He put his trust in Heaven ...
... faith in loaves of bread For hungry people , young and old , And hope inspired , kind words he said To those he sheltered from the cold . For we must feed As well as pray . What was his creed ? I cannot say . He put his trust in Heaven ...
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... faith . Setting our standard high , We struggle on ; but when the prize is nigh We find that it eludes us , and it seems To beckon onward , mocking with its gleams Like some bright mirage in the eastern sky . With eyes blind to the ...
... faith . Setting our standard high , We struggle on ; but when the prize is nigh We find that it eludes us , and it seems To beckon onward , mocking with its gleams Like some bright mirage in the eastern sky . With eyes blind to the ...
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... faith in the kindness of God and man- that moment we begin to attain the third purpose of life - personal happiness . Would you possess the magic secret of the alche- mist which transforms all things to gold ? It is unselfishness - or ...
... faith in the kindness of God and man- that moment we begin to attain the third purpose of life - personal happiness . Would you possess the magic secret of the alche- mist which transforms all things to gold ? It is unselfishness - or ...
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... faith , so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life , my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing . My optimism rests on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to co - operate with the ...
... faith , so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life , my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing . My optimism rests on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to co - operate with the ...
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Common terms and phrases
ALICE CARY ATLANTA CONSTITUTION beauty blessing BOSTON HERALD brave bright side CHARLES KINGSLEY cheer cloud comin courage creed Dear restless heart deed duty EDWARD EVERETT HALE EMERSON eyes face faith feel fellow flower fret give glad God's grow happiness hard hath Heaven HENRY VAN DYKE hope JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE JOHN KENDRICK BANGS JOHN RUSKIN Keep a-goin Keep hustling keep the bright kind kindly laugh life's lift little more heart little song little things load LONGFELLOW look MARY FRANCES BUTTS never night Old-fashioned Open the door pain PHILLIPS BROOKS pleasure pray rest RUSKIN shine sing skies somewhere sorrow soul stars strive strong success sunshine Suppose you try sweet tears thee There's things come right thou thought toil tomorrow trouble true truth try smiling Twill wait WASHINGTON STAR Whatsoever things word worry wrong
Popular passages
Page 56 - For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
Page 107 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?
Page 55 - They do me wrong who say I come no more When once I knock and fail to find you in; For every day I stand outside your door, And bid you wake, and rise to fight and win. Wail not for precious chances passed away, Weep not for golden ages on the wane; Each night I burn the records of the day; At sunrise every soul is born again.
Page 5 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Page 18 - Be strong! We are not here to play, — to dream, to drift. We have hard work to do and loads to lift. Shun not the struggle, — face it: 'tis God's gift.
Page 31 - Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Page 60 - Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well ; and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame.
Page 107 - Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 107 - Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold ; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writes!
Page 76 - Write your name in kindness, love and mercy, on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year; you will never be forgotten. No, your name, your deeds will be as legible on the hearts you leave behind as the stars on the brow of evening. Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.