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" Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well ; and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame. "
The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]. - Page 208
edited by - 1864
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Our redcoats and bluejackets: war pictures, forming a narrative of the naval ...

Henry Stewart (M.A.) - 1879 - 392 pages
...Author of " English Party leaders," " The Bird World," " Memorable Battlesin English History," &c. "The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well. " —HW LongJMow. WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY THOMAS BEWICK. THE PARLOUR MENAGERIE: Wherein are exhibited, in...
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The Christian week, Issue 110, Volume 1

1880 - 864 pages
...is from himself we have this story. — Leisure Hour. THE talent of success is nothing more or less than doing what you can do well, without a thought of fame. — Longfellow. Jf0r CHLLDKEFS SCEIPTUEE UNION. PORTIONS FOE THE WEEK ENDING FEBBUAEY 28, 1880. FEBEUAKY...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1879 - 578 pages
...GENIUS "AN INFINITE CAPACITY FOR TAKIKG PAINS" (5"> S. xii. 68, 97.)— Longfellow says, " Believe me, the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame9 (Hyperion, bk. i. last chapter). I quote...
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Arthur's Home Magazine, Volume 48

1880 - 700 pages
...Thus shall the "hoary head" be indeed a " crown of glory." HELEN H. 8 THOMPSON. LONGFELLOW says that the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame. THE law of the harvest is to reap more than...
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The secret of success; or, How to get on in the world

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 pages
..."MEMORABLE BATTLES IN ENGLISH HISTORY,^. Era .^T^ ri ' fcr -jn i , . Utli S /3 - I SecanB ffilittton. \ / ' The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well." HW Longfellow. LONDON: JOHN HOGG, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1880. [All riglits reserved.] BALLANTYNE, HANSON...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1880 - 686 pages
...do and say ; to be always shouting, to hear the echo of our own voices." "Believe me," he concluded, "the talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame. If it come at all, it will come because...
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Boys and their ways, by one who knows them

Boys - Boys - 1880 - 362 pages
...Author of "English Party Leaders,'5 "The Bird World," "Memorable Battles in English History," &c. " The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well" HW Lrngfello1a. XL .THE AFGHAN AND ZULU CAMPAIGNS. Second Edition, small crown Svo, 400 pages, cloth,...
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The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 34-35

Baptists - 1881 - 302 pages
...dejection, but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavour, always willing, fulfilling and accomplishing his task, " that when the occasion comes he may be...comes at all, it will come because it is deserved, uot because it is sought after. It is a very indiscreet and troublesome ambition which cares so much...
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Practical Phonics: A Comprehensive Study of Pronunciation, Forming a ...

Esmond Vedder De Graff - English language - 1881 - 128 pages
...worse than nothing. — Sydney Smith. Be not simply good, — be good for something. — Thoreau. 24. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, without a thought of fame. — HW Longfellow. 25. Soil alone could not have produced the " Paradise Lost" or the "Principia."...
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Ideals of Life, Or, Wisdom of the Ages: A Series of Wholesome, Practical ...

Osgood Eaton Fuller - Conduct of life - 1881 - 658 pages
...experience your wise counsellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. — ADDISON. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame. — LONGFELLOW. All things religiously taken...
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