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Page 124
... Stoics . We side with the hero , as we read or paint , against the coward and the robber ; but we have been ourselves that coward and robber , and shall be again , not in the low circumstance , but in comparison with the grandeurs ...
... Stoics . We side with the hero , as we read or paint , against the coward and the robber ; but we have been ourselves that coward and robber , and shall be again , not in the low circumstance , but in comparison with the grandeurs ...
Page 154
... stoicism from those who compose the Court and Parliament of Love . But from these formidable censors I shall appeal to my seniors . For it is to be considered that this passion of which we speak , though it begin with the young , yet ...
... stoicism from those who compose the Court and Parliament of Love . But from these formidable censors I shall appeal to my seniors . For it is to be considered that this passion of which we speak , though it begin with the young , yet ...
Page 226
... Stoicism not of the schools , but of the blood , shines in every anecdote , and has given that book its immense fame . We need books of this tart cathartic virtue , more than books of political science , or of private econo- my . Life ...
... Stoicism not of the schools , but of the blood , shines in every anecdote , and has given that book its immense fame . We need books of this tart cathartic virtue , more than books of political science , or of private econo- my . Life ...
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