Then he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones from the wadi, and put them in his shepherd s bag, in the pouch; ...his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A broad consensus exists that Lincoln was more eloquent than Davis in expressing war aims, more successful in communicating with t...he people, more skillful as a political leader in keeping factions working together for the war effort, better able to endure criticism and work with his critics to achieve a common goal. Lincoln was flexible, pragmatic, with a sense of humor to smooth relationships and help him survive the stress of his job; Davis was austere, rigid, humorless, with the type of personality that readily made enemies. Lincoln had a strong physical constitution; Davis suffered ill health and was frequently prostrated with illness. Lincoln picked good administrative subordinates (with some exceptions) and knew how to delegate authority to them; Davis went through five secretaries of war in four years; he spent a great deal of time and energy on petty administrative details that he should have left to subordinates. A disputatious man, Davis sometimes seemed to prefer winning an argument to winning the war; Lincoln was happy to lose an argument if it would help him win the war.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Then, the cool kindliness of sheets, that soon Smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss... Of blankets; grainy wood; live hair that is Shining and free; blue-massing clouds; the keen Unpassioned beauty of a great machine;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Euthanasia is a long, smooth-sounding word, and it conceals its danger as long, smooth words do, but the danger is there, neverthe...less.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might:... He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- "It's very rude of him," she said, "To come and spoil the fun!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It's exciting. It stimulates m...ore progress. Nevertheless, growth is not constant and smooth. Erik Erikson quotes an aphorism to describe the formless forming of it. "I ain't what I ought to be. I ain't what I'm going to be, but I'm not what I was."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Smooth your way to the head, through the heart. The way of reason is a good one; but it is commonly something longer, and perhaps ...not so sure.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »