| 单词 | natural endowment |
| 例句 | In the north, in fact, the areas with the poorest natural endowments and the greatest susceptibility to drought were the most populous and successful. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There was the specially constructed underwear he wore in public, which kept what Mr. Jacobs describes as his considerable natural endowment discreetly suppressed. George Jacobs, Memoirist and Valet for Sinatra, Dies at 86 2014-01-02T23:56:36Z And, of course, the capacity for hard work is itself the result of natural endowments and upbringing. The myth of meritocracy: who really gets what they deserve? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The inequalities in income and opportunity produced by cronyism and an unequal distribution of economic freedom are not due to God, natural endowments, or personal effort. The Index Of Cronyism By "The Economist": A Call For Improvement 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z One of the trendiest topics in obesity research is whether something can be done to boost a person’s natural endowment of brown fat cells. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Yet during the half-century of military junta rule, only a small number of elite families prospered from the country’s natural endowment. Who Will Benefit From Myanmar’s Offshore Oil Rush? 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z In the present volume it is intended to examine into the natural endowment of the child. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z Over time, Americans learned how to harvest this natural endowment--not just to build a modern society but also to feed and supply the world. How Natural Resources Can Save Africa 2012-05-17T19:05:33Z I never approved of the plan of depreciating others when they stand in our way, and I once hoped that our daughters—possessing every natural endowment—would not need such a false elevation. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z It is a natural endowment, coeval with humanity in its development and progress, and is as absolutely indestructible as manhood itself. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z According to him the whole worth and dignity of life turns not on external fortune, nor even on good natural endowments, but on our internal reaction, the reverence of our will for universal law. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z The Transcendentalist claims for all men as a natural endowment what "Evangelical" Christianity ascribes to the few as a special gift of the Spirit. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z By analogy the terms “gift” and “gifted” are also used to signify the natural endowment of some special ability, or a miraculous power, in a person, as being not acquired in the ordinary way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z In natural endowment, also, my mother is singularly Greek, because she possesses diverse qualities harmoniously welded into one whole. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z But the Hermes, strong without excessive muscular development, and graceful without leanness, is a model of physical formation, and his face expresses the perfection of health, natural endowment and sweet nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The genius was there always as a natural endowment. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z But the natural endowment of Mark Twain is still greater. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z In noticing the leading features of the New south, we have merely hinted at her rich natural endowments. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z On the contrary they regard inequality as being not merely an unavoidable result of men's natural endowments, but an indispensable instrument of their progress and civilization. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Whereas the lesson which it proclaims is this deep and solemn one, that no natural endowments can bear the strain of the spiritual life. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z To great natural endowments,—to feelings constitutionally warm,—and to a disposition spontaneously excellent, were added all the advantages which education could confer or wealth purchase. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:23.870Z My brother was a young man of fine natural endowment and a most genial disposition. The Story of the Toys 2011-08-05T02:00:49.720Z He has left us scraps of verse, however, which show that the power was native in him, and the poet's genius a part of his natural endowment. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z We cannot alter the capacities of the individual for they are a natural endowment. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z One particular class of phenomena may be instanced instead of many, in the observation and poetic reproduction of which his singular natural endowment continually manifested itself—I mean those of the weather. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z May not natural endowments sometimes be ample qualification for admitting the evolvement through one’s form of very great marvels? Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z But my natural endowment as a singer led me toward the operatic career. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z One of my greatest natural endowments is an almost perfect memory. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z George Pauncefort missed the greatest opportunity of his life by not joining the Mormon Church; he had all the natural endowments to make a great patriarch. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z Rights like the ground, are a natural endowment; government like bread is a production. Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) 2011-02-23T03:00:31.787Z Among the natural endowments lavished upon this young creature was such a voice as few women possess, few others adequately develop or worthily employ. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Even the men of this country are distinguished among Asiatics by superior natural endowments, mental and physical. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z "I think it speaks to some fundamental strengths in the economy - a good labour force, natural endowments." IMF commends Sri Lankan economy 2011-02-03T16:12:04Z Two men, by reason of great natural endowment, a fitting appreciation of great occasions, and the consistency with which they produced their effects, have won an undisputed place in any consideration of American orators. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z The two men, although workers in a common cause, were very dissimilar in their natural endowments. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 His delicate health is in a measure responsible for his failure to achieve the success which his natural endowments promised. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 Nearly all hunters, through some dexterity of natural endowment, unconsciously become specialists. The Story of the Trapper She was a woman of large natural endowments, chiefly of the receptive kind, and had much to do with the formation and tendency of the poet’s mind. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century When we become creatures conscious of our natural endowment we cease to be blind instruments of our natures and become rational, intelligent agents. The Philosophy of Spinoza Not only all military activities but all social and economic life depends on the distinction of classes, on the existence of different grades corresponding to a difference in natural endowment, in social service. German Problems and Personalities But natural endowments and indications are not—need we say?—the whole necessity. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching “Not at present,” replied Houston, “but with her natural endowments and her innate delicacy and refinement, comparatively little training and culture would be necessary to fit her for almost any position in life.” The Award of Justice Or, Told in the Rockies A Pen Picture of the West It would seem, then, that genius must possess the emotional qualities that are the natural endowment of woman; while woman herself is to be excluded from genius. The Truth About Woman And since it is not based on his training, then it must come inherently from his natural endowment. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck His grooming was immaculate: his "extreme" cutaway coat showed a good physique, but the pallor of the face above it bespoke dissipation of the strength of that natural endowment. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure Again, some men arrive at great truths through intuition, and by natural endowment of words are able to express them with an artless art beyond the power of academies to teach. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching The powers he has revealed are part of the natural endowment of the human mind. The Practice of Autosuggestion Let us suppose one born with every natural endowment, with imagination, and a power of imitation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 They were young men of brains and tact, fitted by natural endowments and education to lay the foundation of things in a new country. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services He was a man of much energy and of good natural endowments, but entirely without school education. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III However splendid the natural endowments, the discipline of life, after all, completes the miracle. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I But their racial heritage and their island situation seem to have given them just that combination of experience and natural endowment necessary to success in the task of government. Progress and History The principle that repetition is necessary in order to make a durable impression on the organ of the mind, and thus constitute a mental habit, explains how natural endowments are modified by external situation. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes The reason of this is, in part, doubtless a difference in natural endowments. Principles Of Political Economy The English officer was a gentleman before he was a soldier, and considered the military virtues to be a part of his natural endowment. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. In a word, Claudius was extremely unfortunate in every respect, so far as natural endowments are concerned. Nero Makers of History Series Her great natural endowments shone on paper with difficulty, through faults of every kind which escaped her notice. Political Women, Vol. 1 The natural endowments of individuals set limits to these modifications of character; but where original dispositions and tendencies are not strongly marked, the range is very wide. Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes As a matter of fact, however, human nature is a vague abstraction; that which is common to all men is the least part of their natural endowment. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Executive ability is that capacity to coördinate and command the best results from other men,—it is a natural endowment. which can be cultivated only in actual use. Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration The immense natural endowments of the Anaconda rendered this easy enough, for even the lean veins "in sight" contained a vast store of copper and gold and silver. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated Success depends in a great measure in early directing the young in the path to which their natural endowments point. The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. That he is very 236 handsome, has a fine person, and might, in lively, bustling, genteel comedy, be as great as any man, if his industry were equal to his natural endowments. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 It is a natural endowment, a spiritual control, an unseen influence, and a power outside of our ability to account for.” Buchanan's Journal of Man, March 1887 Volume 1, Number 2 Thus the elephants, whose natural endowments in the way of intelligence are perhaps superior to those of any other wild creatures, are, when brought into captivity, curiously prone to form attachments to human beings. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization With restored youth superimposed upon that exhaustive knowledge of life—every phase of it that counted in her calculations—the rejuvenation of all her great natural endowments, she'd probably go back and rule Europe! Black Oxen She was fortunate in having a natural endowment superior to that of most persons and enjoyed, moreover, educational advantages considered exceptional for most Negroes of that day. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 Certainly, the people who possess them have never been deficient in natural endowments. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV Every class of men has its hero, as those always will be, who, from energy of character and natural endowment, are superior to their fellows. Diary in America, Series Two To recognize consciously the spiritual elements in the universe belongs partly to a right cultivation of character, and partly it is due to natural endowment, to an intellectual faculty. The Chief End of Man Nor are we prevented from finding here too that great good fortune as to occasion and opportunity that is needed, along with whatever natural endowment, to explain the achievement of Shakespeare. The Facts About Shakespeare His birth, his training, and his natural endowments, both mental and physical, were strongly in his favor. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Hence the virtues are habits of deliberate choice, and not natural endowments. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics Furthermore, our true self resides neither in our poorer nor in our better natural endowments, but in the will that suppresses the one and alone gives moral significance to the other. The Essentials of Spirituality Moreover, natural endowments vary in different individuals, with regard to the ear, as with all other human faculties. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern Both by natural endowment and by special training you are fitted for the work. On the Firing Line in Education Possibly he had responded to Ruskin; more probably to some divine young sense of truth and fitness such as forms the natural endowment, by no means uncommon, of right-minded youth. On the Stairs Nativism, of which Intuitionalism is the most common form, regards the conscience as a separate natural endowment, coeval with the creation of man. Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics The feeling for this rhythm, or perception of it, has both physical and psychological explanations, and varies considerably among individuals, some being 'timers,' others 'stressers,' apparently by natural endowment. The Principles of English Versification Before the introduction of mechanical methods every earnest vocal student was sure of learning to use his voice properly, and of developing the full measure of his natural endowments. The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern It makes no difference how great his natural endowments may be, if he be wanting in these elements his success will be restricted to a narrow sphere; and the greatest of these is tactfulness. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) It is not always the men of genius, those gifted with extraordinary natural endowments, who are the greatest benefactors of our race, or who enjoy in a greater degree personal happiness themselves. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 Yet when the record is completed, it falls short of what might have been expected from one with so many natural endowments, such unrivalled opportunities, such undoubted sincerity of interest. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs I know she is shut out from many fields of activity and industry for which she is eminently fitted by her natural endowments. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Heredity does determine our "capital stock," but our own efforts and acts determine the interest and increase which we may derive from our natural endowment. The Mother and Her Child There seems to be nothing to indicate that any change takes place in one's natural endowment. Quiet Talks on Power The Bible class, which had been broken up by that means, was now regularly attended by about thirty young men, some of whom developed rich natural endowments, and gave promise of future usefulness. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. According to this Apologist the dignity of man does not consist in his natural endowments: but in the union of the human soul with the divine spirit, for which union indeed he was planned. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Is Beauty connected with less natural endowments of mind, less kindness of heart? Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Her natural endowment in this respect should be judged also by that of her sisters, brothers, parents, uncles, aunts and grandparents. Applied Eugenics The fourth fact:—All this growth and development will be strictly along the groove of the man's natural endowment. Quiet Talks on Power From the ranks of this party have arisen devout and zealous preachers, who, without any great natural endowments, have given their hearts to the work of saving souls. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology But no sooner does Minucius perceive the teachings of the prophets to be divine truth than man's natural endowment and the speculation of philosophers sink for him into darkness. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) As in other natural endowments, so he excelled all men in wisdom. The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda But whether genius is an acquirement or a natural endowment he touches on but lightly. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers For the salvation and perfection of a thing seem to be sufficiently insured by its natural endowments. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province They were not alike in their mental constitutions or their natural endowments. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story It follows from it that man, in order to reach his destination, must raise himself above his natural endowment; see c. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) Added to the forces of experience and surroundings was always that of his own personal, natural endowment. Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers Those upon whom he has most richly bestowed the gifts of spiritual wisdom have been most careful to cultivate their natural endowments. Notable Women of Olden Time Creative thought and faculty of initiation are therefore more characteristic of the natural endowments of the born strategist. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy Lord Chatham, despite his great natural endowments for speaking, devoted a regular time each day to developing a varied and copious vocabulary. Successful Methods of Public Speaking She went through it with that modesty which would have been in her a chef d'œuvre of skill if it had not been a natural endowment. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution These two conditions of sublimity depend mainly on natural endowments, whereas those which follow derive assistance from Art. On the Sublime On the contrary, As some maintain, man was first made with only natural endowments; and in this state it is manifest that he loved God to some extent. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition That which he has set up to-day as his highest erotic ideal, the blending of sexual and spiritual love, has been her natural endowment from the beginning. The Evolution of Love So large, indeed, appear to be his natural endowments, that we cannot feel as if the whole vast extent of his work has come near to exhausting them. An Introduction to the Study of Browning Tastes must repose as natural endowment, or else in prolonged education. Practical Essays It was these natural endowments that gave him endurance in the conflict, pre-eminence in council, and that won for him the admiration of his contemporaries. The War Chief of the Six Nations A Chronicle of Joseph Brant Now every natural thing by its natural endowments can attain its end. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition That which has been woman's natural endowment from all beginning, the blending of spiritual and sensual love, man looks upon and desires to-day as his highest erotic ideal. The Evolution of Love His parentage was obscure; his condition poor; his education null; his natural endowments great; his life correct and innocent: he was meek, benevolent, patient, firm, disinterested, and of the sublimest eloquence. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 A taste of a high order, founded on natural endowment, formed by education, and strengthened by active devotion, is also paid for by the atrophy of other tastes, pursuits, and powers. Practical Essays God, he believed, was no more than the highest phase of man; and in any man of sufficient natural endowment, he saw a possible God; just as every American citizen is a possible President! Idolatry A Romance Much more, therefore, may man attain to life everlasting by his natural endowments, without grace. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Stanford is a composer whose natural endowment conspicuously fits him for operatic work, and he has grasped such opportunities as have been vouchsafed to him with almost unvarying success. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. Though Napoleon developed military art beyond his predecessors, there is no reason to suppose that a soldier with natural endowments equal to his could now become the inspirer of a similar degree of progress. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Some have the natural endowment, but have their eyes fixed on other careers. Vocational Guidance for Girls The poems which we have quoted from Mr. Tennyson prove incontestably that he possesses in an eminent degree the natural endowment of a poet,—the poetic temperament. John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works Twelve Sketches by Herbert Spencer, Henry Fawcett, Frederic Harrison, and Other Distinguished Authors Hence man, by his natural endowments, cannot produce meritorious works proportionate to everlasting life; and for this a higher force is needed, viz. the force of grace. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The tendency of society seems to be toward furnishing all its members equality of opportunity to make the most of their natural endowments. The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 Hence the differences between men in natural endowment are insignificant in comparison with their common wealth.—Emerson. An English Grammar The mother of Charles and Mary Lamb was a woman of fine natural endowment, of spirit and of aspiration. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women He had found out how to get the most out of his life and accomplish the utmost good for himself and his England with the natural endowments of his energetic and ambitious personality. One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks' And hence natural endowments are not a debt in the first sense but in the second. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The natural endowment of the West was so different from that of the East that the former did not attract the people who settled in the Tidewater. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Kendal's explanation of it to himself was that it was based upon an exceptional natural endowment of physical perfection, informed and spiritualised by certain moral qualities, by simplicity, frankness, truth of nature. Miss Bretherton Beginning with the assumption that the negro was equal or superior to the white in natural endowment and burning with resentment against his "oppressors," they attempted to bridge the gap of centuries in a generation. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution For consider to what violent storms man is exposed in the voyage of life, what variety there is in his natural endowments, what incongruity between education and position in life. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle Hence man by his natural endowments and without grace can merit beatitude which is eternal life. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The ancient moralists included in the virtues what are obviously natural endowments. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics But, as it was, she had been lifted at once by the force of one natural endowment into a position which, from the artistic point of view, seemed to him hopeless. Miss Bretherton Neither does he seem ever to have accepted the opinion of many Abolitionists, that the negro was the equal of the white man in natural endowment. Abraham Lincoln, Volume II This state of man, with only his natural endowments, is the state into which all men, the descendants of Adam, have been born. Our Lady Saint Mary Hence, since he who has only natural endowments has received fewer gifts from God, than he who has gratuitous gifts as well as nature, it would seem that his works are more meritorious with God. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Wherever his lot was cast he appeared among those around him first in natural endowments and resources, not less than first in authority and station. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk In part, undoubtedly, our zone, and the natural endowments of this portion of the globe. The United States in the Light of Prophecy He prized my natural endowments the more because he was himself wanting in them, for he had acquired everything simply by means of diligence and pertinacity. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters Her only hope of regaining for you that self-respect and that position in life to which you--by right of birth and natural endowment--are entitled, was in you. The Eyes of the World Washington, no doubt, was pre-eminent among his contemporaries in natural endowments. The Americanism of Washington Without this a man with natural endowment may try his wings at flight at an inopportune time, and if he fails he may be firmly convinced that he was never made for flying. Industrial Progress and Human Economics I began to wonder what this man with such a lavish natural endowment would have done had he been trained. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man But you have talents, Arthur—natural endowments both of heart and mind and temper, such as many a better Christian would be glad to possess, if you would only employ them in God’s service. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall The positive value of this conception lies in the forcible way in which it calls attention to the wrongness of aims which do not have regard to the natural endowment of those educated. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education In the case of Marion, his want of education neither lessened his energies, his confidence in himself, nor baffled any of his natural endowments. The Life of Francis Marion In point of natural endowment the pecuniary man compares with the delinquent in much the same way as the industrial man compares with the good-natured shiftless dependent. Theory of the Leisure Class A few slight indications of a rather petted and capricious manner, which I observed in the Beauty, were manifestly considered, by Traddles and his wife, as her birthright and natural endowment. David Copperfield Compared with English orators," Dr. Magoon says, "our great countryman was not unlike Sheridan in natural endowment. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist To great natural endowments he added constant labours to arrive at the truth in this field. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Either from lack of the capacity to grasp the whole coup d'oeil, or from a natural endowment for certain kinds of stoicism, women are cooler than men in critical situations of the passive form. A Pair of Blue Eyes The press in all parts of the world spoke in glowing terms of his natural endowments, great attainments, invaluable services, pure character and wonderfully vigorous old age. The Grand Old Man It is stark, rank, staring idiocy for us two not to make a profitable investment of, we will say, our natural endowments, when we come to marry. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking Success depends in a great measure on early directing the young in the path to which their natural endowments point. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin Another was Beil, a greater actor in point of natural endowment, who relied more upon vigorous realism than upon studied refinements. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Neither rank nor genius nor any other natural endowment forms the only true basis of success. A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece Thus furnishing another proof, that although the faculty which enables a man to excel in any particular art or science is a natural endowment, it is seldom unaccompanied with a general superiority of observation. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself For Anaïtis did not really think that, as went natural endowments, her Jurgen had much reason to envy even such a general favorite as Priapos, say, from what she knew of both. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice The mamma was only remarkable for her liking for whist, and her invariable good fortune thereat,—a circumstance the world were agreed in ascribing less to the blind goddess than her own natural endowments. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 She was a woman of large natural endowments, chiefly of the receptive kind, and had much to do with the formation and tendency of the poet's mind. Among My Books Second Series It is common to look upon courage as a natural endowment, and few persons seem to be aware that it is a moral trait we are bound to cultivate. The Elements of Character They have in common that they all excite in us admiration and praise of their possessors, and that they are not natural endowments, but acquired characteristics But they differ in important ways. Ethics His natural endowments were strong, and had enjoyed all the advantage of cultivation. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker In these the Roman youth learned the means by which the absence of natural endowments could be compensated. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities He had no special fondness for athletics; he was doing little to keep—still less to increase—a young man's natural endowment of strength and vigor. Bertram Cope's Year She had arrayed herself for the interview with an almost wanton cunning that should enhance her natural endowments. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Here, too, man thought to rule, claiming the leadership by right of possession and natural endowment. Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World The first and most obvious natural endowment concerned in speech is that peculiar organization of the larynx, trachea, and mouth, which enables us to produce the various sounds required in the case. Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation It is not for me to speak, and there is no need to speak, about the marvellous natural endowments and the equally marvellous, many-sided equipment of attainment which enriched the rich, natural soil. Expositions of Holy Scripture He—this 'someone'—was a noble and a man of wide reach both in his natural endowments and in his acquired culture. Bertram Cope's Year The young officer was not only thoroughly trained in this high department of military science, but had for his duties unmistakable natural endowments. A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee His natural endowments for this work were of the highest order. Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 The fertility value of land is that value which is due to natural endowment in the way of moisture, climate, and soil elements. Problems in American Democracy So that whatever natural endowment we start with, it must be heightened, purified, deepened, enlarged, by the presence in our lives of a deep and vital religious conviction. Expositions of Holy Scripture It was the same science for democrat and aristocrat, royalist and republican, in that its major premise assumed the art of government to be a natural endowment. Public Opinion Mrs. Hutchinson was a physician by natural endowment, and made it her special business to look after the physical welfare of the women and children on the ship. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Now it is some feature of alleviation in a servile condition, if the lord appears by natural endowments superior to his slave; or at least it embitters the degradation of slavery, if he does not. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Fertility, of course, is largely a natural endowment, and as such cannot be destroyed by a tax. Problems in American Democracy They were both men of large natural endowments, and have never been surpassed in the vigor of their debates before the people. School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time Her teacher was a foreigner, and a mere mechanic; but, while he taught her only the ordinary laws of painting, her natural endowment wrought more actively in favor of her performances. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story He prized my natural endowments the more, because he was himself wanting in them; for he had acquired every thing only by means of unspeakable diligence, pertinacity, and repetition. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life It is questionable whether Russia possesses a comparative advantage in agriculture as a whole - given its natural endowments, or, rather, the lack thereof. Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era Now, to- night for the first time, the tiny spark of a definite ambition was added to this natural endowment. Saturday's Child Yet, it is a desert country, smaller in area than Macedonia and with much fewer and lesser natural endowments. After the Rain : how the West lost the East "So large, indeed, appear to be his natural endowments that we cannot feel as if even thirty volumes would have come near to exhausting them." Essays from 'The Guardian' This, as a natural endowment, exists in Goethe, we conceive, to a very high degree. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life He was one richly furnished with natural endowments, showing liberality to the poor, courtesy to every one, fortitude in trial, and, above all, a high reverence for the name of God. Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet It perhaps makes little difference, for it is doubtful whether even a race with brilliant natural endowments could rise far in the scale of civilization under conditions so highly adverse. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America And hence the differences between men in natural endowment are insignificant in comparison with their common wealth. Essays — First Series "Education,41146" says another contemporary, "amiable qualities, gentle ways, a mild physiognomy, bodily graces, a cultivated mind, all natural endowments are henceforth the inevitable causes of proscription." The French Revolution - Volume 3 Consequently, transactions can be seen as extensions of human biology: products of our work embody the structural characteristics of our natural endowment and address needs and expectations pertinent to these characteristics. The Civilization of Illiteracy In natural endowments there had never been equality, although there was great similarity of tastes. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories Fate denied him even this, in spite of his charming natural endowment of humour, of tenderness, of delight in good letters, and in nature. Robert F. Murray: His Poems with a Memoir Even the most just must make an effort so to meet his neighbor as to be without prejudice for or against him, because of his natural endowment. 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