The Volta Review, Volume 20

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Volta Bureau, 1918 - Deaf

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Page 185 - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Page 113 - If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: «Hold on!
Page 641 - If you think you dare not, you don't; If you like to win, but you think you can't, It's almost certain you won't. If you think you'll lose, you've lost; For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will; It's all in the state of mind.
Page 650 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 487 - I HELD it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones, That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
Page 726 - The Volta Bureau for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Relating to the Deaf.
Page 275 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 618 - And over they go, and over they go, And over the top of the hill, The good little sheep run quick and soft, And the house up-stairs is still.
Page 549 - I have called upon the Nation to put its great energy into this war and it has responded — responded with a spirit and a genius for action that has thrilled the world. I now call upon it, upon its men and women everywhere, to see to it that its laws are kept inviolate, its fame untarnished.
Page 657 - And the plural of vow is vows, never vine. If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet, And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?

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