 | 1827 - 842 sivua
...that the race unollo the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nur vet p +0@ +0` +0 a; the birds tliat an caught in the snare ; so are the sous of men snared in an evil time, when it... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 sivua
...seen by those who have diligently observed human counsels and events, " that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all,". Ecc. ix. II. As all human affairs are liable to accidents and disasters, a firm persuasion, and serious... | |
 | William Jevons - 1827 - 412 sivua
...foresee, may counteract the wisest and the best conducted schemes. " The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill."* This is the necessary result of that liability to natural calamity, which is another feature of our... | |
 | 1822 - 688 sivua
...again the ironical stile, and says, "Go thy waj," &c. — v. 7- and onward. The reply to all this is, " I returned, and saw under the sun that the race is...nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance hapVol. IV.— No. 10. 67 peneth to them all." This doing whatever my hands find to do, which you recommend,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 568 sivua
...man, the experience of every day, declares with irresistible evidence, that " The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...men of •understanding, nor yet favour to men of skili." In the transactions of every day, and particularly in those of any importance, a considerate... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 sivua
...device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goost. 11 IT I returned, and saw nnder the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chanco happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in... | |
 | Herodotus - 1830 - 412 sivua
...and not men fortune. This is one of the 1 This sentiment is beautifully expressed in Ecclesiastes. ' I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill : but time and chance happeneth to them all.' calamities which threaten you.... | |
 | John Stark Ravenscroft (bp. of North Carolina.) - 1830 - 642 sivua
...industriously pursued schemes of worldly happiness and enjoyment. In these, the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread...understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but there is a controling Providence, in whose hand second causes are often turned round from their usual... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 sivua
...their secular condition : but they are not It does not depend upon every man to rise and prosper : " I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is...skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all." There are those who have met with losses which no talent could have prevented. Every time they havo... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 sivua
...horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." (He would see it now, if he were alive.) (9: 11) — "I returned and SAW under the sun, that the...wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all." (He knew no better. He thought so... | |
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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 
