Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 29
... thou hast now for many years slid . As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the road - side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , she swallowed him alive . If ...
... thou hast now for many years slid . As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the road - side and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , she swallowed him alive . If ...
Page 45
... thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent , I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ...
... thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent , I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ...
Page 69
... thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . ' Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his own temple doors , and recites fables merely of his brother's , or his brother's brother's God . Eve- ry ...
... thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . ' Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his own temple doors , and recites fables merely of his brother's , or his brother's brother's God . Eve- ry ...
Page 73
... the tongue are two organs of one nature . Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life , obey thy heart , and thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again . 4. As our Religion , our Education , our Art SELF - RELIANCE . 73.
... the tongue are two organs of one nature . Abide in the simple and noble regions of thy life , obey thy heart , and thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld again . 4. As our Religion , our Education , our Art SELF - RELIANCE . 73.
Page 78
... thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chan- cellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A ...
... thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chan- cellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A ...
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