 | Sara Tappan Lawrence Robinson - 1856 - 412 pagina’s
...demand that one should live, not for self, but out of self, and in realizing the beauty of the poem, " We live in deeds, not years, In thoughts, not breaths, in feelings, Not in figures on a dial. He lives most Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best. ' ' With a constant use of faculties... | |
 | Charles Manson Taggart - 1856 - 518 pagina’s
...inculcating in his public and private teachings the paternity of God, and the brotherhood of man. " We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. He most lives, Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best." Thus early ended the life *f this... | |
 | 1856 - 796 pagina’s
...nothing — but they are all ! R M. Mlt.UFS. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breath« ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial ; We should count time by heart-throb*. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, act» the b«t : And he whose heart... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1857 - 506 pagina’s
...few lines, embodying my own sentiments, and in a form much more impressive than I can command : — "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;...figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinlci most, feels the noblest, acts the best." I have somewhere met with a little... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 pagina’s
...Their words and deeds like the thunders go ; Can ye stifle their voices ? — They answer, c No ! ' " We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths...figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs : he most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best ; And he whose heart beats quickest... | |
 | 1857 - 676 pagina’s
...shall know when I get there ; meanwhile remember that what follows is a portion of my creed: — M We live in deeds, not years : in thoughts, not breaths...figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best And he whose heart beats quickest,... | |
 | Ephraim Peabody - 1857 - 450 pagina’s
...throbbing blood and flames in the whirl and tempest of the passions. And so the poet sings : — " We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths...figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. And he whose heart beats quickest... | |
 | 1857 - 818 pagina’s
...real, life is earnest," &c. Much more correctly, a poet not remarkable for a true philosophy says: ' We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths...figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best." Life is not altogether real.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1857 - 164 pagina’s
...! " Life Js more than breath and the quick round of blood ; 'T is a great spirit and a busy heart. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial." The memorial of goodness is everlasting. Whoever bears a working hand and a large love through the... | |
 | Edward Brooks Hall - 1857 - 482 pagina’s
...common life. Already had she learned the great truth, which to many comes late, if at all, — " Wo live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial." Heretofore she had always had an object to live for, — some . one dependent upon her affection and... | |
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best. 
