...a sentence in the spirit of Shakspeare, : — " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting himself in now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettyer shell, than ordinary, whilst the great...

...studying the works of God, and the laws by which he governs them. Shortly before his death, he said : " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than...

...light.' But hear his own estimation of all that he had achieved : — ' I do not know,' said he, ' what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playingon the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier...

...end yet he dodared, a lii tie before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, bul to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then ñnding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,...

...For now we see through a glass, * darkly ; * but then face a2Cor.3.18. ' or, tn a riddle. mark : "Ido not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself 1 seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself by now and then...

...will ever be found the strongest and the most devoted Christians Anna, who make • ICor. viii. 2. t" I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the " sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a " smoother pebble, or a prettier shell...

...from their view. Well might the prince of philosophers, with characteristic humility, exclaim — " to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth, lay all undiscovered before me." All...

...gathered from another remark which he made toward the close of his life. " I do not know," said he, " what I may appear to the world ; but to myself, I...like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myeelf in, now and then, finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell, than ordinary ; while the...

...truth" lies expanded before you. "I do not know," said he, at the close of his illustrious career, "what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem...have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth...

...countrymen had not been more jealous of his honor than he was himself. He said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before...