...seems to him most glorious, and his domination by the scientific temper of his day. lead him to say that " the struggle for life is the order of the world, at which it is vain to repine. . . . Sooner or later we shall fall ; but meantime it is for us to fix our eyes upon the point to be...

...form of blunt declarative assertions. Most often these statements are built around the verb "to be": "I believe that the struggle for life is the order of the world"; "I do think that man at present is a predatory animal"; "I used to say, when I was young, that truth...

...the question asked whether our war was worth fighting, after all." His answer was emphatically yes. "For my own part, I believe that the struggle for...order of the world, at which it is vain to repine." "[A]s long as man dwells upon the globe, his destiny is battle, and he has to take the chances of war."...

...process and liberty of contract. The most famous instance was his 46. "For my own part," Holmes said, "I believe that the struggle for life is the order of the world, at which it is vain to repine." "The Soldier's Faith" (1896), in Kenneth Lynn, ed., The American Society (New York: G. Braziller, 1963),...

...thought he had caught a glimpse of its meaning — that "combat and pain still are the portion of man," that "the struggle for life is the order of the world, at which it is vain to repine." The war came — came even before the class could graduate, so that Holmes, who like his father before...

...deliver Sethe's baby, somewhere along the Ohio River during the 18505, in Tom Morrison's Beloved, 1987 I believe that the struggle for life is the order of the world ... if it is our business to fight, the book for the army is a war-song, not a hospital sketch. —...

..."Moralists and philosophers . . . declare that war is wicked, foolish, and soon to disappear. . . . For my own part, I believe that the struggle for life...order of the world at which it is vain to repine. . . . The ideals of the past for men have been drawn from war, as those for women have been drawn from...

...must, therefore, examine more carefully what he has to say about the principles of right behavior. For my own part, I believe that the struggle for life...is the order of the world, at which it is vain to repine.22 With all humility I think, "Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with thy might," infinitely...

...pain as a loss, though he has no time for those who blindly adore war without knowing its horrors. "For my own part, I believe that the struggle for...order of the world, at which it is vain to repine." His nightmare of contented nullities, "a world cut up into five-acre lots and having no man upon it...

...many. It has pursued analysis until at last this thrilling world of colors and passions and sounds has seemed fatally to resolve itself into one vast...repine. I can imagine the burden changed in the way it is to be borne, but I cannot imagine that it ever will be lifted from men's backs. I can imagine...