 For force of will and vast conceptions; for various knowledge, and quick adaptation of his genius to untried circumstances ; for a sublime magnanimity, that resigned itself to the will of Heaven, and yet triumphed over affliction by energy of purpose...  Tales and Ballads - Pagina 163de Caroline Howard Gilman - 1884 - 190 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1911 - 640 pagini
...conceptions; for various knowledge and quick adaptation of his genius to untried circumstances ; for a sublime magnanimity that resigned itself to the will...affliction by energy of purpose and unfaltering hope, he had no superior among his countrymen. . . . He will be remembered in the great central valley of... | |
 | Narcisse-Eutrope Dionne - 1912 - 614 pagini
...conceptions; for various knowledge and quick adaptation of his genius to untried circumstances ; for a sublime magnanimity that resigned itself to the will...affliction by energy of purpose and unfaltering hope, he had no superior among his countrymen. . . . He will be remembered in the great central valley of... | |
 | John Huston Finley - 1915 - 460 pagini
...conceptions; for various knowledge and quick adaptation of his genius to untried circumstances; for a sublime magnanimity, that resigned itself to the will...over affliction by energy of purpose and unfaltering hope—this daring adventurer had no superior among his countrymen," says Bancroft. 3 And further,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1841 - 520 pagini
...conceptions; for various knowledge, and quick adaptation of his genius to untried circumstances ; for a sublime magnanimity, that resigned itself to the will...affliction by energy of purpose and unfaltering hope, — he had no superior among his countrymen. He had CHAP. won the affection of the governor of Canada,... | |
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