Word: firmamental
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...mercy among the innumerable committee for this and that, Mr. George remarked: " Oh, for God's sake, let us have a committee of mercy in the world to put an end to war and slaughter, its folly, its terrors, and the despair which is simply clouding the firmament...
...failure or their cause lost, when in fact after their death their work has borne abundant fruit from generation to generation. If this is true of them it is no less true of countless others unknown to fame but by the good they have done shining in God's firmament as the start for ever. There has never been a failure greater than to his disciples Christ's appeared to be on Calvary. They thought it had been he who should have redeemed Israel, but at the time they took all for lost. In St. John's gospel the very...
...drowsy firmament of nodding stars...
...with the names of the more important generals at headquarters, and at intervals have been permitted to read the names of some of the commanders in action. The number has, however, been small in comparison with the numbers engaged and very few stars have as yet emblazoned the military firmament...
...great benefit in an early determination upon his duties in his career, comes to the college student, it seems to me, not so much in the handicap it gives him in the race for the goal of success as in the advantage it brings by setting in the firmament of his hopes and aspirations a star to which he may hitch his wagon. The early choice of a profession furnishes a definite aim, a direct road, a basis for concentration...