...Addresses. Eulogy, Exeter Hall, London, EIVJ., Sept. 24, 1881. On the Death of President Garfleld. That cause is strong which has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it. 2263 Lowell: Democracy and Oilier Addresses. Address, Chelsea, Mas*., Dec. 22, 1885. At the Opening...

...contests, the most hopeless is that which fools are most eager to challenge — with the Nature of Things ; teaches, perhaps, more than anything else, the value...factor in what used to be called destiny, for that canse is strong which has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it. History is, indeed, mainly...

...oue strong man hchind it. History is, indeed, mainly the hiography of a few imperisl men, and forees home upon us the useful lesson how infinitesimally...affairs are to the universe in general. History is elarificd expericnee, and yet how little do men profit hy it ; nay, how should we expeet it of those...

...good public library ; not to determine which was the best, but what was the characteristic of each. which has not a multitude but one strong man behind...men, and forces home upon us the useful lesson how infinitesinially important our own private affairs are to the universe in general. History is clarified...

...contests, the most hopeless is that which fools are most eager to challenge, — with the Nature of Things; teaches, perhaps more than anything else, the value...used to be called destiny, for that cause is strong 1 A capital subject for discussion would be on* the comparative merits of the many encyclopaedias to...

...contests, the most hopeless is that which fools are most eager to challenge — with the Nature of Things ; teaches, perhaps, more than anything else, the value...for that cause is strong which has not a multitude, o but one strong man behind it. History is, indeed, mainly the biography of a few imperial men, and...

...bears fire ; / Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark, / And straight is cold again. /«/. Of., iv. 3. Loivell. That circle of beings, which dependence gathers round us, is almost ever unfriendly. Arliss....

...of the great men who have worked here." Of the same tenor is this statement from Lowell: " History teaches, perhaps, more than anything else, the value...but one strong man behind it. History is, indeed, the biography of a few imperial men." Now, with such eminent authorities as Carlyle and Lowell saying...

...sternly logical sequence in human affairs, and that chance has but a trifling dominion over them, — teaches perhaps more than anything else the value...a chief factor in what used to be called destiny." Geography, Travel, Nature, and Science will find a place, of course, but not so important a place as...

...contests, the most hopeless is that which fools are most eager to challenge, — with the Nature of Things; teaches, perhaps more than anything else, the value...men, and forces home upon us the useful lesson how inflnitesimally important our own private affairs are to the universe in general. History is clarified...