Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 23
... appears once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was undoubt- edly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when ...
... appears once in the at- mosphere may appear often , and it was undoubt- edly the archetype of that familiar ornament . I have seen in the sky a chain of summer lightning which at once showed to me that the Greeks drew from nature when ...
Page 34
... appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God ex- ists , and a feeling that the ...
... appears wherever the doctrine of Theism is taught in a crude , objective form , and which seems the self - defence of man against this untruth , namely a discontent with the believed fact that a God ex- ists , and a feeling that the ...
Page 39
... appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense population , complex interests and antagonist power , and you shall see that the man Napoleon , bounded . that is by such a profile and outline , is not the vir- tual Napoleon ...
... appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense population , complex interests and antagonist power , and you shall see that the man Napoleon , bounded . that is by such a profile and outline , is not the vir- tual Napoleon ...
Page 39
... appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense population , complex interests and antagonist power , and you shall see that the man Napoleon , bounded that is by such a profile and outline , is not the vir- tual Napoleon ...
... appear stupid . Transport him to large countries , dense population , complex interests and antagonist power , and you shall see that the man Napoleon , bounded that is by such a profile and outline , is not the vir- tual Napoleon ...
Page 54
... appear- ance on parade . Their works are done as an apol- ogy or extenuation of their living in the world , — as invalids and the insane pay a high board . Their virtues are penances . I do not wish to expiate , but to live . My life is ...
... appear- ance on parade . Their works are done as an apol- ogy or extenuation of their living in the world , — as invalids and the insane pay a high board . Their virtues are penances . I do not wish to expiate , but to live . My life is ...
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