...instance, to the ring of it in the rugged and incisive words of one of our strongest poets : — " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundreds soon hit. This high man aiming at a million, Misses a unit." This sounds like a deliberate...

...that apparent failure may mean real success. This comes out likewise in A Grammarian's Funeral. " This low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does...a great thing to pursue Dies ere he knows it That has the world here — should he need the next, Let the world mind him ! This throws himself on God,...

...in disgust. Many a man fails to become great merely because l1e cannot become great all at once. " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it,...it ; This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Diet ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred's soon hit ; This high man,...

...nobler because he fails, but because he aims higher ; and therefore not less noble, though he fails. " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it; The point is a delicate one. Browning is thinking of the intrinsic worth of a man, or, as he puts it,...

...failure : •' Wilt thou trust death or not ? " He answered " Yes ! " Hence with life's pale lure ! " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred 's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here...

...effort in disgust. Many a man fails to become great merely because he cannot become great all at once. " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred 's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. Let me, in conclusion, remind...

...lofty designs above the one just quoted, to read another " familiar quotation " as follows : " The low man seeks a little thing to do. Sees it and does it. The high man with a great thing to pursue Dies ere he knows it." So far as familiarity goes we should...

...earth's failure : " Wilt thou trust death or not ?" He answered " Yes ! " Hence with life's pale lure ! " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred 's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here...

...earth's failure : " Wilt thou trust death or not ?" He answered " Yes ! " Hence with life's pale lure ! " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and...knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundred 's soon hit : This high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit. That, has the world here...

...I am glad I have a clean surplice. I will arise and go. . . ." CHAPTER XIV. SAPPHIRES AND AGATES. " That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and...thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. ***** That, has the world here—should he need the next Let the world mind him ! This, throws himself on God,...