Elias Lyman Magoon: Quotes about the world

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“The passive idler of all men in the world is the most difficult to please. Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.”

Elias Lyman Magoon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 345.

“A virtuous youth and frugal manhood always create a Pisgah for the veteran in righteousness, from which he may calmly survey the stars, and read his " title clear to mansions in the skies," while yet in the flesh he can soar on the wings of meditation above the clouds, and catch glimpses of the heavenly world that lies in the placid and everlasting orient before him.”

Elias Lyman Magoon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 612.

“The most profitable and praiseworthy genius in the world is untiring industry.”

Elias Lyman Magoon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 347.

“The imperial heroes who rule over the opinions of their fellow men for good or ill, are victory-organized; they march towards the execution of their purpose, as if they were intent on the conquest of a world. With a bold front and piercing eye, they are repelled by no obstacles, and entertain not the slightest doubt as to a final triumph; days and nights, like their fortune, health, and every thing dear in existence, they consecrate to the success of their particular enterprise. As with hooks of steel, they grapple the most stubborn difficulties, and relax neither hand nor foot so long as there remains one vital energy in their will.”

Elias Lyman Magoon

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 451.