 | James Wheeler (of Prestwich.) - 1836 - Страниц: 566
...studies, that if I have succeeded better than many who surround me, in their different walks of life, it has been chiefly, nay I may say almost solely,...unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genins that one man possesses over another, but more from attention to study and perseverance in the... | |
 | James Wheeler (of Prestwich.) - 1836 - Страниц: 562
...succeeded better rhltn many who surround me, in their different walks of life, it has been cMefly, nay I may say almost solely, from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from auy superior genins that one man possesses over another, but more from attention to study and perseverance... | |
 | Benjamin Love - 1839 - Страниц: 296
...occurred, " If 1 have succeeded better than many who surround me, in their different walks of life, it has been chiefly, nay, I may say almost solely, from unwearied assiduity," THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Has its rooms in Falkner-street. This Socrety was instituted in 1 838, and has... | |
 | 1845 - Страниц: 636
...studies, that if I have succeed«) better than many who surround me, in the different walks of life, it has been chiefly, nay, I may say almost solely,...that some men rise to greater eminence than others. This it is, in my opinion, that makes one man succeed better than anoiher. That is all I shall say... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1845 - Страниц: 690
...studies, that if I have succeeded better than many who sur' round me, in the different walks of life, it has been chiefly, ' nay, I may say almost solely,...over another, but more from attention to study and perse' verance in the objects before them, that some men rise to ' greater eminence than others. This... | |
 | Successful men - 1853 - Страниц: 200
...complimentary resolution, " I have succeeded better than many others, it has been chiefly, nay, I may say solely, from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius which one man possesses over another, but more from attention to study, and perseverance in the objects... | |
 | William Charles Henry - 1854 - Страниц: 308
...pursuit is mainly reached by indomitable perseverance. In his own words, " If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly, nay,...that some men rise to greater eminence than others." Like all original self-reliant minds, he was never solicitous to consult books, or to learn the opinions... | |
 | George Wilson - 1862 - Страниц: 408
...studies, that if I have succeeded better than many who surround me, in the different walks of life, it has been chiefly, nay, I may say almost solely,...from any superior genius that one man possesses over an1 [Professor Thomas Thomson of Glasgow cannot now be ranked among the great living chemists. He died... | |
 | Henry Lonsdale - 1867 - Страниц: 336
...he was accustomed to maintain at all times and seasons. Thus he wrote : " If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly —...that some men rise to greater eminence than others." Like Sir Isaac Newton, Dalton did not believe in such a thing as genius ; and though it be too much... | |
 | Henry Lonsdale - 1874 - Страниц: 352
...he was accustomed to maintain at all times and seasons. Thus he wrote : " If I have succeeded better than many who surround me, it has been chiefly —...that some men rise to greater eminence than others." Like Sir Isaac Newton, Dalton did not believe in such a thing as genius ; and though it be too much... | |
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I have succeeded better than many who surround me, in the different walks of life, it has been chiefly, nay, I may say almost solely, from unwearied assiduity. It is not so much from any superior genius that one man possesses over another, but more from... 
