Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose; he has found it, and will follow it! How, as a free-flowing channel, dug and torn by noble force through the sour mud-swamp of one's existence, like... Past and Present - Page 169by Thomas Carlyle - 1843 - 399 pagesFull view - About this book
| Scotland - 1843 - 1380 pages
...found his work ; let him ask no other blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose ; he has found it, and will follow it ! How, as a free-flowing channel,...an ever-deepening river, there it runs and flows; — draining oft the sour festering water gradually from the root of the remotest grass-blade; making,... | |
| England - 1843 - 508 pages
...amd-swamp of one's existence, like an ever deepening •river there, it runs and flows ; — draining off the sour festering water, gradually from the root...pestilential swamp, a green fruitful meadow with its clear flowing stream. How blessed for the meadow itself, let the stream and its value be great or small... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose ; he has found it, and will follow it! How, as a free flowing channel, dug and torn by noble force through the sour mud-swamp of one's existence, like an ever deepening river there, it runs and flows ; draining off the sour festering water gradually from... | |
| Literature - 1877 - 226 pages
...found it, and will follow it! How, as a free-flowing channel, dug and torn by noble force, through the mud-swamp of one's existence, like an ever-deepening river there, it runs and Hows ; draining off the sour, festering water, gradually from the root of the remotest grass-blade... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - Chartism - 1848 - 654 pages
...found his work ; let him ask no other blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose ; he has found it, and will follow it! How, as a free-flowing channel,...like an ever-deepening river there, it runs and flows ;—draining off the sour festering water, gradually from the root of the remotest grass-blade ; making,... | |
| James McCosh - Christianity - 1851 - 526 pages
...sensitive organs and feelings. Speaking of labor, Carlyle says, " How as a free-flowing channel, dry and torn by noble force through the sour mud-swamp...an ever-deepening river, there it runs and flows, draining off the sour festering water from the roots of the remotest grass blade, making, instead of... | |
| James McCosh - Providence and government of God - 1851 - 540 pages
...organs and feelings. Speaking of labor, Carlyle says, " How as a free-flowing channel, dry and lorn by noble force through the sour mud-swamp of one's...an ever-deepening river, there it runs and flows, draining off the sour festering water from the roots of the remotest grass blade. making, instead of... | |
| David Thomas - 674 pages
...blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose ; he has found it, and will follow it ! How, as a free flowing channel, dug and torn by noble force through the sour...like an ever-deepening river there, it runs and flows ; draining off the sour festering water gradually from the root of the remotest grass blade ; making,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...blessedness. He has a work, a life-purpose ; he has found it, and will follow it ! How, as a free flowing channel, dug and torn by noble force through the sour mud-swamp of one's existence, like an ever-dcepenine river there, it runs and flows : draininir off th« mighty God ; from his inmost heart... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...work, a life-purpose ; he has found it, and will follow it ! How, as a free flowing channel, dug aud torn by noble force through the sour mud-swamp of...like an ever-deepening river there, it runs and flows ; draining off the sour festering water gradually from the root of the remotest grass blade ; making,... | |
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