 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.  Elements of Pedagogics - Page 220by James N. Patrick - 1891 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1858 - 956 pages
...almost hackneyed words, " 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." Ko doubt the Deity acted not arbitrarily in allotting to the... | |
 | 1851 - 790 pages
...years, but a woman in feeling. " 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." The good chaplain had placed before my Lady Winifred in... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American essays - 1853 - 314 pages
...THE SELFISH AND THE SOCIAL. " 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 ; And he whose heart beats quickest lives the longest." i JAMES;... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 pages
...THE SELFISH AND THE SOCIAL. " 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 ; And he whose heart beats quickest lives the longest." JAMES... | |
 | American literature - 1854 - 794 pages
...following lines embody noble sentiments : "We live in deeds, not years ; in thought!, not breaths; In feeling, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throhi. He most lives Who thinks most; feels the noblest; acts the best." CONTENTMENT. — "... | |
 | Mary Catherine Jackson - 1856 - 320 pages
...lines in " Festus." ' " ' 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.' " " Just so," exclaimed Leila, " and they illustrate mine, too ; anything, whether it be one's dress,... | |
 | Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - Congregational churches - 1863 - 408 pages
...leave his mark on the age. We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; in feelings, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, fee's the noblest, acts the best. Dr. Wm. H. Trowbridge, the surgeon, bears testimony to the... | |
 | Rufus Wheelwright Clark - Albany (N.Y.) - 1866 - 932 pages
...their three score and ten. '' Men 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. And he whose heart beats quickest lives the longest. Life is... | |
 | Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1866 - 706 pages
...citizens and the good of mankind. " 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." The man who improves and beautifies afarm does a permanent... | |
 | Rufus Wheelwright Clark - Albany (N.Y.) - 1866 - 902 pages
...out their three score and ten. " Men live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbst He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. And he whose heart beats quickest... | |
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