He developed an astonishing aptitude for affairs, a tireless energy, and a diplomatic resourcefulness that aroused silent wonder in those who had hitherto regarded him as a failure.
He soon began to show signs of that singleness of purpose and resourcefulness that, later, was to arouse so much enthusiasm among the members of the Bible Society at home.
It is men of like vision and resourcefulness who are raised up from time to time to lead the forward movements of our race.
With the vision of a true pioneer he saw the need of a better intellectual training for American women, and with the resourcefulness of a strong nature he led the way in its attainment.
You must find answer in the resourcefulness and adamantine will of one great man.
In these black days he fronted his task with the resourcefulness of an uncommon manhood.
And such was his vigor and resourcefulness that in December, 1808, he reinstated Joseph in Madrid and drove the main British army out of Spain.
If anything, hisresourcefulness and his rapidity of attack were even greater.
Ingenuity backed up by tireless tenacity, resourcefulness that absolutely refused to own either defeat or despair, triumphed over difficulties that seemed insuperable.
This achievement had not been equaled even by the late Captain Guynemer, of whom Fonck has become the successor in daring, skill, and resourcefulness as an air fighter.
That the patriots were not taken by surprise, and the stores at Concord taken, as the British had hoped, was due to the courage and resourcefulness of Paul Revere.
His fidelity and resourcefulness were recognized in February, 1777, by a commission as brigadier general.
As showing the resourcefulness of the crew, I may narrate another yachting story.
Though he had "worked" the oysters with all the resourcefulnessof the lone hand, the marketable results were less in bulk than formerly.
In spite of experience the Entente was slow in learning not to underestimate the military resourcefulness of the Germans, and Pétain's victories, coupled with the failure of the Germans to react, provoked a jubilation which was not justified.
The Montreal Witness spoke of him as one “recognized as a most capable insurance administrator,” and his contemporaries and colleagues speak of his business ability and resourcefulness in terms of high admiration.
Several times has he successfully defended the Seawauhaka Cup and there are those who feel they know Mr. Routh at his best when he is acting in that capacity, because of his resourcefulness and the joy he feels in the sport.
While thoroughly systematic and methodical in managing the duties of his position, he has at the same time that ready resourcefulness which enables him to meet an emergency and secure from it the best possible results.
In the bigger field he developed a daring caution, a quick understanding of the value of new inventions, a capacity for organization, quick grasp of essentials and a resourcefulness that dominated the entire Standard combination.
Under these circumstances officers became separated from their men and victory was gained through the determination and resourcefulness of the individual.
He therefore decided to transmit it by special messenger, for this purpose choosing Juan Clemente Zenea, a man in whose discretion and resourcefulness he had the greatest faith.
He then proceeded to do a thing which plainly showed the spirit of the man, his resourcefulnessand his undaunted courage.
The Spanish found their well drilled troops unable to match themselves with any degree of effectiveness against the resourcefulness of the revolutionists, and their methods of warfare.
We little realize the fiendish resourcefulness of the cancer-cell.
Mr. Bonar Law has spoken of the courage and resourcefulness of the Canadian troops.
Again, at Festubert, just a month later, Williams displayed great courage and resourcefulness in keeping good the wires for communication between the signal station and other centres.
With what devotion, with a valour how desperate, with resourcefulness how cool and how fruitful, the amateur soldiers of Canada confronted overwhelming odds may, perhaps, be made clear even by a narrative so incomplete as this.
Like all limitations, these are handicaps only to the person who lacks the courage and resourcefulness to turn them into assets.
He can show how to convert lust into resentment, individual resourcefulness into mass cowardice, friction into distrust, prejudice into fury.
He had no doubt that he and Dan would extricate themselves from the wilderness, for he had grown to have unbounded faith in Dan's resourcefulness and ingenuity.
The resourcefulness of the young American officer saved the day.
Even the British press could not gainsay the resourcefulness and intelligence of the American soldier and sailor, though the phrase "Yankee smartness" conveyed also the unpleasant imputation of trickiness and moral laxity.
Besides, his head ached, and he liked to have Patali's resourcefulness and wit to reenforce his own tired intuition.
But sometimes Yasmini left Tess on the elephant, and mingled freely with the crowd, her own resourcefulness and intimate knowledge of the language and the customs enough protection.
There again he displayed the resourcefulness of a good lawyer combined with the idealism of a political philosopher.
In the case of Jefferson, who had recently increased his domain, difficulties and new problems requiring inventiveness, resourcefulness and ingenuity arose every day.
It combined all the cunning and resourcefulnessof a dozen cats.
Our mess secretary, Captain Baylay, an officer of much resourcefulness in cooking and making shift, arranged an excellent plum-and-date duff for the men.
In consequence, the resourcefulnessand alertness of the modern Jew are extraordinary.
