 Again he says, when speaking of the men who were to be sent out to help him : " A man who takes the sentimental view of coral islands and cocoa-nuts is worse than useless ; a man possessed with the idea that he is making a sacrifice will never do ; and...  A Modern Knight - Page 23by Joseph Hopkins Twichell - 1906 - 33 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - Bishops - 1874 - 626 pages
...worse than useless; a man possessed with the idea that he is making a sacrifice will never do ; and a man who thinks any kind of work ' beneath a gentleman ' will simply be in the way, and be rather uncomfortable at seeing the Bishop do what he thinks degrading to do himself. I write... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1875 - 448 pages
...worse than useless ; a man possessed with the idea that he is making a sacrifice will never do ; and a man who thinks any kind of work ' beneath a gentleman ' will JOHN COLERIDGE PATTESON. 45 simply be in the way, and be rather uncomfortable at seeing the bishop... | |
 | Bible - 1877 - 820 pages
...sentimental view of cocoanuts and coral islands is, of course, worse than useless ; a man possessed of the idea that he is making a sacrifice will never...work beneath a gentleman will simply be in the way." Such loyalty has been awakened among missionaries who, like the knights of the Middle Ages, have counted... | |
 | Missions - 1877 - 818 pages
...than useless ; a man possessed of the idea that he is making a sacrifice will never do ; a man тЬо thinks any kind of work beneath a gentleman will simply be in the way." Such loyalty has been awakened among missionaries who, like the knights of the Middle Ages, have counted... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Conduct of life - 1880 - 456 pages
...worse than useless ; a man possessed with the idea that he is making a sacrifice will never do ; and a man who thinks any kind of work ' beneath a gentleman' will simply be in the way, and be rather uncomfortable at seeing the Bishop doing what he thinks degrading to himself. And if... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1900 - 456 pages
...worse than useless ; a man possessed with the idea that he is making a sacrifice will never do ; and a man who thinks any kind of work ' beneath a gentleman ' will simply be in the way, and be rather uncomfortable at seeing the Bishop doing what he thinks degrading to himself. And if... | |
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