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" The heights by great men reached and kept \ ¡ Were not attained by sudden flight, '. But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. "
A Man with a Purpose - Page 126
by John Thomas Morris Johnston - 1906 - 168 pages
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The Cheltonian

Cheltenham College - Endowed public schools (Great Britain) - 1867 - 362 pages
...Wykehamist devotes itself, in one of its leaders, to the refutation of the opinion — " The heights that great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." Preferring, rather, the old creed — " Early to bed, and early to rise, Makes...
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The Wykehamist, Issue 1

1866 - 284 pages
...ЕГЕ81ОНТ, PORISO OVER MISERABLE BOOKS." " The heights that great men reached and kept Were not obtained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.'' THIS sentiment may be very true, and to watch the midnight lamps may be of use, in making Poets Laureate,...
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Lessons from the Life of the Late James Nisbet, Publisher, London: A Study ...

John A. Wallace - Publishers and publishing - 1867 - 240 pages
...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. . Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We...
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"Out of Harness": Sketches, Narrative and Descriptive

Thomas Guthrie - English essays - 1867 - 414 pages
...solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may...
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Lessons from the Life of the Late James Nisbet, Publisher, London: A Study ...

John A. Wallace - Publishers and publishing - 1867 - 294 pages
...frowning foreheads to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may...
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Christian manliness, by the author of 'Christian home life'.

S S. Pugh - 1867 - 244 pages
...solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise. " The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. " Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We...
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The Guardian, Volumes 18-19

Conduct of life - 1867 - 788 pages
...own Brigade, let us fit ourselves for higher, and more congenial communion, ever mindful that "The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. Standing on what too long we bore, With shoulders bent and down-cast eyes, We...
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The History of Napoleon III: Emperor of the French

John Stevens Cabot Abbott - France - 1868 - 714 pages
...modern times." Longfellow has beautifully said, in words which are familiar to every reader, — "The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained...companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night." Never was the truth of this maxim more fully verified than in the life of Prince Louis Napoleon. His...
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Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine

California - 1928 - 480 pages
...the ordinary man commenced the work of the day. We are reminded of the statement of Longfellow: "The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained...But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night." Thoroughness was one of his traits. At sixteen years of age he was a surveyor...
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Report, Volume 38

Iowa State Horticultural Society - Fruit-culture - 1904 - 530 pages
...Distinguished leaders among us today whose lives and labors are well expressed in the following lines: ' 'The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden night, But they while their companions slept, Were tolling upward in the night ". In looking over the...
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