Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 6
... better men ; but rather is it true , that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great ...
... better men ; but rather is it true , that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great ...
Page 9
... better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human na- ture ; that is all . We must in ourselves see the necessary reason of every fact , see how it could and must be . So ...
... better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human na- ture ; that is all . We must in ourselves see the necessary reason of every fact , see how it could and must be . So ...
Page 26
... better than the discov- ery by Champollion of the names of all the work- men and the cost of every tile . He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his door , and himself has laid the courses . Again , in that protest which each ...
... better than the discov- ery by Champollion of the names of all the work- men and the cost of every tile . He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his door , and himself has laid the courses . Again , in that protest which each ...
Page 29
... better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the do- minion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; HISTORY . 29.
... better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the do- minion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; HISTORY . 29.
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... better , for worse , as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till . The power which ...
... better , for worse , as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till . The power which ...
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