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He hears the commendation , not of himself , but , more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea further in every fact and circumstance , — in the running river and the rustling corn .
He hears the commendation , not of himself , but , more sweet , of that character he seeks , in every word that is said concerning character , yea further in every fact and circumstance , — in the running river and the rustling corn .
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Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I know sympathetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , perhaps older , these ...
Hear the rats in the wall , see the lizard on the fence , the fungus under foot , the lichen on the log . What do I know sympathetically , morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , perhaps older , these ...
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... shall not hear any name ; — the way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new. It shall exclude example and experience. You take the way from man, not to man. All persons that ever existed are its forgotten ministers.
... shall not hear any name ; — the way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly strange and new. It shall exclude example and experience. You take the way from man, not to man. All persons that ever existed are its forgotten ministers.
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The soul always hears an admonition in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in ...
The soul always hears an admonition in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in ...
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The soul always hears an admonition in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in ...
The soul always hears an admonition in such lines , let the subject be what it may . The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in ...
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