 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - 468 pages
...personal ambition, which urges on men of a less noble cast of character. " I have always," he exclaims, " set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than on any other kind of reputation." To do good, one must have the ability to project ; the skill, patience,... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 pages
...as a philosopher, statesman, and a patriot, he nobly says, in reference to the " Essays to do Good," I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | William Chambers - 1858 - 378 pages
...Boston. It gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character...a doer of good, than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book." Franklin,... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1859 - 464 pages
...remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life : for I have always set a greater value on the character...of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantages of it... | |
 | 1859 - 534 pages
...remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my character through life, for I have always set a greater value on the character...of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1859 - 482 pages
...the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life: for I have always set a greater value on the character...of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantages of it... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1859 - 274 pages
...remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for 1 have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than any either kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - 1859 - 476 pages
...remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence upon my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public... | |
 | John McGilchrist - 1860 - 404 pages
...ends by the most appropriate means. His cool temper and sound judgment secured him from unreasonable expectations ; he saw things in their true light,...greater value on the character of a doer of good, thau any other kind of reputation.' " 1 WILLIAM COBBETT. ACCORDING to the " Life of Cobbett," as written... | |
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Good," which, I think, was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor that several leaves of it were torn out, but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking as to have an influence on my conduct through life; for... 
