...misery Predominate, whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! And how turmoiled are they that level lie With earth, and cannot lift themselves from thence ; That...

...move in their ordered ellipses, to originate a spiritual vitality, — this was perhaps greater. " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor .a thing is man." Unless above himself; yet, if beyond or outside of his world, how useless and purposeless a thing....

...misery Predominate, whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! And how turmoiled are they that level lie With earth, and cannot lift themselves from thence ; That...

...such instruction, if not from novels ? Not from works of real science and philosophy, for ex hypothea it has not culture enough to comprehend them. Not...do it no good. A good biography is often of service ; but a good biography does not appear oftener than once in ten years. Novels flow in a perennial stream;...

...comprehend them. Not from popularized science — pretty stories about inventions, and machinerj', and volcanoes, and Lord Eosse's telescope ; all these...do it no good. A good biography is often of service ; but a good biography does not appear offener than once in ten years. Novels flow in a perennial stream...

...and what is the nature of the work ? 15. Name the authors of the following lines : — (1) ' And that unless above himself he can Erect himself — how poor a thing is man ! ' (2) ' Under this curled marble of thine own, Sleep, rare tragedian, Shakspere, sleep alone ! '...

...dreaded.- He is just that thing. He shows himself superior to nature. He has a spark of divinity in him. " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man! " Newspaper editors argue also that it is a proof of his insanity that he thought he was appointed...

...troops of friends, he must earn them by a virtuous youth, a useful manhood, and a well-spent life. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man! To a soul that ever felt the sting Of sorrow, sorrow is a sacred thing. FABLE CI. THE HORSE AND THE...

...that Light which will show it where it can get strength — even by means of this very weakness. " Unless above himself he can erect himself, How poor a thing is man ! " •OBSERVATION DEVELOPED IN SOCIAL CULTURE. ATTENTION to others being an essential point in good...

...of that genius and moral frame, the sum of the real significance of his character and view of life. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man, are words which he himself adopts from the Elizabethan poet Daniel, translated by him from Seneca,...