Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 11
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface dif- ferences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are ' friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
... cause and effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface dif- ferences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are ' friendly and sacred , all events profitable ...
Page 13
... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognize the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon ...
... cause . How many are the acts of one man in which we recognize the same character ! Observe the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . We have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon ...
Page 44
... angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , ' Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - natured and modest 44 ESSAY II .
... angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , ' Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - natured and modest 44 ESSAY II .
Page 45
... cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I ...
... cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I ...
Page 49
... cause , but are put on and off as the wind blows and a newspaper directs . Yet is the discon- tent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college . It is easy enough for a firm man who knows the world to brook ...
... cause , but are put on and off as the wind blows and a newspaper directs . Yet is the discon- tent of the multitude more formidable than that of the senate and the college . It is easy enough for a firm man who knows the world to brook ...
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