James Bailey
James Bailey
James Anthony Bailey, born James Anthony McGinnis, was an American circus ringmaster...
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth4 July 1847
CityDetroit, MI
electricity all-things
Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.
night lamps study
When night hath set her silver lamp high, Then is the time for study.
disappointment half endure
There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
sympathy heart men
Man is one; and he hath one great heart. It is thus we feel, with a gigantic throb athwart the sea, each other's rights and wrongs; thus are we men.
immortality settling
One thought settles a life, an immortality.
values
The value of a thought cannot be told.
stars heaven fields
Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
stars light names
Star canto: star speaks light, and world to world Repeats the passage of the universe To God; the name of Christ--the one great word Well worth all languages in earth or heaven.
wind breathe wave
The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
acquisition harvest application
Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the harvest, we must sow the seed.
nature art men
Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.
future thinking fit
It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.
time years feelings
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
memorial-day military animal
Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.