Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 31
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavour of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to ... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , -I find true ...
... gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavour of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to ... gifts are capricious and not to be trusted ; that who seeks a treasure must not speak ; and the like , -I find true ...
Page 46
... gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assur- ance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony . What I must do is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally arduous in actual ...
... gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assur- ance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony . What I must do is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally arduous in actual ...
Page 73
... gift you can present every moment with the cumu- lative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another , you have only an extem- poraneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker ...
... gift you can present every moment with the cumu- lative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another , you have only an extem- poraneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker ...
Page 77
... gift , or crime ; then he feels that it is not having ; it does not belong to him , has no root in him , and merely lies there , be- cause no revolution or no robber takes it away . But that which a man is does always by necessity ...
... gift , or crime ; then he feels that it is not having ; it does not belong to him , has no root in him , and merely lies there , be- cause no revolution or no robber takes it away . But that which a man is does always by necessity ...
Page 87
... gift and every defect . A sur- plusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature . If the head and neck are enlarged , the trunk and extremities are cut short . The theory of the mechanic forces ...
... gift and every defect . A sur- plusage given to one part is paid out of a reduction from another part of the same creature . If the head and neck are enlarged , the trunk and extremities are cut short . The theory of the mechanic forces ...
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