EssaysWestvaco, 1978 - 210 pages |
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Page 34
... intellectual life , may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness . It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it . It is easy in the world 1 to ...
... intellectual life , may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness . It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it . It is easy in the world 1 to ...
Page 65
... intellectual power has grown by the study of his master's mind . But in all unbalanced minds the classification is idolized , passes for the end and not for a speedily exhaustible means , so that the walls of the system blend to their ...
... intellectual power has grown by the study of his master's mind . But in all unbalanced minds the classification is idolized , passes for the end and not for a speedily exhaustible means , so that the walls of the system blend to their ...
Page 107
... but the world of manners and actions is wrought of one stuff , and begin where we will we are pretty sure in a short space to be mumbling our ten commandments . Our intellectual and active powers increase with our affection . 107.
... but the world of manners and actions is wrought of one stuff , and begin where we will we are pretty sure in a short space to be mumbling our ten commandments . Our intellectual and active powers increase with our affection . 107.
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