Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 12
... moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adamant streams into soft but precise form before it , and , whilst I look at it , its outline and texture are changed again ...
... moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adamant streams into soft but precise form before it , and , whilst I look at it , its outline and texture are changed again ...
Page 26
... moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licen- tiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the world has the Lu- ther of the day had to lament the decay of piety in ...
... moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licen- tiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the world has the Lu- ther of the day had to lament the decay of piety in ...
Page 35
... morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , - perhaps older , - these creatures have kept their counsel be- side him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other ...
... morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , - perhaps older , - these creatures have kept their counsel be- side him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other ...
Page 75
... moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk No greater men are now than ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , religion , and ...
... moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk No greater men are now than ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , religion , and ...
Page 91
... moral . That soul , which within us is a sentiment , outside of us is a law . We feel its inspiration ; out there in his- tory we can see its fatal strength . " It is in the world , and the world was made by it . " Justice is not post ...
... moral . That soul , which within us is a sentiment , outside of us is a law . We feel its inspiration ; out there in his- tory we can see its fatal strength . " It is in the world , and the world was made by it . " Justice is not post ...
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