...single particle ; but let in a sunbeam, and how much dust and motes are hovering about ! — JP Richter. He who would do some great thing in this short life...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. — Foster. Devote some portion of the day to the reading of the Holy Scriptures alone in thy chamber,...

...of man are so limited, that he who would do some great thing, must do but one ; and must do that one with such a concentration of his forces, as, to idle...spectators who live only to amuse themselves, looks like enthusiasm, and almost draws upon him the imputation of monomania. "There is something," says Dr. M'All,...

...fully impressed as his was with the conviction that tie work he engaged in was " the one thing for him to do, and that he who would do some great thing in...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." The remark of Foster, respecting Whitfield, may justly be applied to the late Mr. Gunn. " The great...

...ruins. Such a sin against taste is very far beyond the reach of common saintship to commit. It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that he had...his forces, as, to idle spectators who live only to amusa themselves, looks like insanity. His attention was so strongly and tenaciously fixed on his object,...

...Characteristics — Conversation " HE who would do some great thing in this short life," writes Foster, "must apply himself to the work with such a concentration...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Above and beyond all other men is he who " concentrates his forces " on the work of winning souls pronounced...

...Characteristics— Conversation " HE who would do some great thing in this short life," writes Foster, " must apply himself to the work with such a concentration...spectators, who live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity.1' Above and beyond all other men is he who " concentrates his forces " on the work of winning...

...be able to con~ centrate its powers upon the matter in hand. — Rev. J. B, Lester. WISE INSANITY. HE who would do some great thing in this short life, must set himself to the work with such a concentral ion of his powers as, to idle spectators, who live only...

...— a persistent, untamable efficacy of soul — with the energy of Howard ; he had one thing to do. He who would do some great thing in this short life,...live only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity. Qftmational ASHLAND. — At the recent Exhibition of this Union School, Mr. SM Barber, Superintendent,...

...work ere he went to rest. " He who would do some great thing in this short life," said John Foster, " must apply himself to the work with such a concentration...live 'only to amuse themselves, looks like insanity." Thus lived and laboured an earnest artisan, a blessing to his generation, and the means of carrying...

...antiquities and works of art, he concludes. " It implied an inconceivable severity of conviction, that be had one thing to do, and that he who would do some great thing in this short life, must npply himself to the work, with such a concentration of his forces, O8, to idle speculators, who live...