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Page 145
... Epaminondas , but I do not wish to be Epaminondas . I hold it more just to love the world of this hour , than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasi- ness by saying , ' He acted , and thou ...
... Epaminondas , but I do not wish to be Epaminondas . I hold it more just to love the world of this hour , than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasi- ness by saying , ' He acted , and thou ...
Page 146
... Epaminondas or Homer being there ? and that the soul did not know its own needs ? Besides , without any reasoning on the matter , I have no discontent . The good soul nourishes me , and un- locks new magazines of power and enjoyment to ...
... Epaminondas or Homer being there ? and that the soul did not know its own needs ? Besides , without any reasoning on the matter , I have no discontent . The good soul nourishes me , and un- locks new magazines of power and enjoyment to ...
Page 226
... Epaminondas , the Scipio of old , and I must think we are more deeply indebt- ed to him than to all the ancient writers . Each of his " Lives " is a refutation to the despondency and cowardice of our religious and political theorists ...
... Epaminondas , the Scipio of old , and I must think we are more deeply indebt- ed to him than to all the ancient writers . Each of his " Lives " is a refutation to the despondency and cowardice of our religious and political theorists ...
Page 234
... Epaminondas , brave and affec- tionate , does not seem to us to need Olympus to die upon , nor the Syrian sunshine . He lies very well where he is . The Jerseys were handsome ground enough for Washington to tread , and London streets ...
... Epaminondas , brave and affec- tionate , does not seem to us to need Olympus to die upon , nor the Syrian sunshine . He lies very well where he is . The Jerseys were handsome ground enough for Washington to tread , and London streets ...
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