Word: likely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Some men do not get any knowledge of what they would like to do. There are generally men who never have done any work. To this there are a few exceptions but usually if one does not find out what he likes he finds out what he dislikes and this makes a good guide...
...This alone shows that he must have been a man who had been with Christ and had known him, who was full of religious zeal and who was ready to sacrifice himself. Zeal and self sacrifice are the two chief characteristics of the apostles, and if we would live like them we must be zealous in religion and we must learn to sacrifice ourselves. There are two kinds of zeal, one blind and uninstructed, and one according to knowledge. Headlong zeal will never bring success in anything, whether it be business, study, or religion, but we must...
...would master his own calling must, like an artist, step back and look at his work from a distance before applying himself to it again. Thus he would be conforming with the rhythm of life. Many men have no aim in life but are indifferent to all surroundings. In such a life a business would become a pleasure. Among the most disinteresting persons are those who seek nothing but pleasures; these then avoid the law; they become the most uncomfortable and most unhappy persons we know...
...look at our life and see what it is. First is the influence that enters from without and secondly is the outward matter which comes to us. Like the two tracks of a railroad, one is used to carry material away and distribute it along the road while the other collects it and brings it to be stored at the journey's end. Now let us suppose that one of our human trusts is blockaded, what then is the result? Your physician informs you that you are unwell; that your system is not in order. The fact...
...Life is like a stream that has flowed on and on until it becomes shallow and is nearly worn out. Then it is God's person which makes the stream reopen its heart, and life, all broad and deep, flows on again...