 | 1878 - 1002 sider
...light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to heart, " Do the duty which lies nearest thee," which thou knowest to be a doty ! Thy second duty will already hare become clearer.' — {Sartor Metartvs, p. 119.) We appeal... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1831 - 294 sider
...may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to me was of invaluable service : " Do the Duty which lies nearest thee," which thou knowest...Thy second Duty will already have become clearer. ' May we not say, however, that the hour of Spiritual Enfranchisement is even this : When your Ideal... | |
 | 1835 - 444 sider
...indeed conviction, were it never so excellent, is worthless till it convert itself into conduct. ... Do the duty which lies nearest thee, which thou knowest to be a duty ! The second duty will already have become clearer.' The duty here meant, is that which is first prompted... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1837 - 322 sider
...precept well to heart, which to me was of invaluable service : ' Do the duty which lies nearest theeC which thou knowest to be a duty ! Thy second duty will already have become clearer. " May we not say, however, that the hour of spiritual enfranchisement is even this : when your ideal... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 338 sider
...ripen ' into day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to ' me was of invaluable service : " Do the Duty which ' lies nearest thee," which thou...Thy second Duty will already have become clearer. ' May we not say, however, that the hour of Spiritual ' Enfranchisement is even this : When your Ideal... | |
 | William Henry Furness - 1838 - 476 sider
...may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to me was of invaluable service : ' Do the duty which lies nearest thee,' which thou knowest...Thy second duty will already have become clearer."* In quoting this passage as illustrative of the history of the mind of Jesus, let me not be supposed... | |
 | Henry Winsor - 1839 - 250 sider
...Doubt of any kind cannot be removed except by action." "Do the duty which lies nearest thee; which than knowest to be a duty! Thy second duty will already have become clearer." Where this first appeared we know not, but we are quite sure it is a God-planted thing and must bear... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1840 - 326 sider
...day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to ' me was of invaluable service : " Do the Duly which ' lies nearest thee," which thou knowest to...Thy second Duty, will already have become clearer. ' May we not say, however, that the hour of Spiritual ' Enfranchisement is even this : When your Ideal... | |
 | 1880 - 506 sider
...the flesh itself to the real man within." He bids us do the duty that lies nearest us which we know to be a duty ; " Thy second duty will already have become clearer." The secret of success in life lies very much in skilful making of the day's choice. For example, perhaps... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1846 - 490 sider
...may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to ' heart, which to me was of invaluable service : " Do the Duty ' which lies nearest thee" which thou...Thy ' second Duty will already have become clearer. ' May we not say, however, that the hour of Spiritual Enfran' chisement is even this : When your Ideal... | |
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On which ground, too, let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to me was of invaluable service: 'Do the Duty -which lies nearest thee,'... 
