Light From Many LampsTouchstone, 15. 1. 1988 - 352 strán (strany) A classic treasury of inspiration featuring hundreds of passages and quotations—selected from the wisdom of the ages—offering invaluable insight and guidance on the challenges of daily life. Here are not only the best of the world’s most inspiring thoughts and ideas, but the stories behind them: how they came to be written and what their impact has been on others. A storehouse of inspired and inspiring reading, it is a collection of brief, stimulating biographies as well. There are selections from John Burroughs, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Shakespeare, Hippocrates, Confucius, and many others. A distillation of the greatest thoughts, ideas, and philosophies that have been handed down to us through the ages, this is a book to turn to over and over again—a book of moral, spiritual, and ethical guidance—an unfailing source of comfort and inspiration for all. |
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... Millions waited beside their radios , wondering what the new President would say , wondering what he could say to ease the dread in people's hearts and give them hope for the future . Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced the huge , hushed ...
... Millions waited beside their radios , wondering what the new President would say , wondering what he could say to ease the dread in people's hearts and give them hope for the future . Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced the huge , hushed ...
Strana 299
... millions have nevertheless found memorable and provoca- tive . It is the keynote of the book , and the inspiration of its title : One World . There are no distant points in the world any longer . I learned by this trip that the myriad ...
... millions have nevertheless found memorable and provoca- tive . It is the keynote of the book , and the inspiration of its title : One World . There are no distant points in the world any longer . I learned by this trip that the myriad ...
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... millions and millions of you - are joined with me in the resolve to make this work endure . The work , my friends , is peace ; more than an end of this war - an end to the beginnings of all wars ; yes , an end , forever , to this im ...
... millions and millions of you - are joined with me in the resolve to make this work endure . The work , my friends , is peace ; more than an end of this war - an end to the beginnings of all wars ; yes , an end , forever , to this im ...
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Happiness The Enjoyment of Living | 1 |
JOHN BURROUGHS The secret of happiness is something to do | 3 |
SENECA True happiness is to rest satisfied with what we have | 8 |
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