Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 23
... present like an arch- angel at the creation of light and of the world . I remember one summer day in the fields my com- panion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite ...
... present like an arch- angel at the creation of light and of the world . I remember one summer day in the fields my com- panion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite ...
Page 26
... present day . The antagonism of the two tenden- cies is not less active in individuals , as the love of inate . A man of rude health and flowing spirits adventure or the love of repose happens to predom- 26 HISTORY .
... present day . The antagonism of the two tenden- cies is not less active in individuals , as the love of inate . A man of rude health and flowing spirits adventure or the love of repose happens to predom- 26 HISTORY .
Page 74
... present aspects of what is called by distinction society, he will see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of ...
... present aspects of what is called by distinction society, he will see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of ...
Page 66
... present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , — means , teachers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now , and absorbs past and future into the ...
... present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , — means , teachers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now , and absorbs past and future into the ...
Page 67
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on tiptoe to fore- see the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on tiptoe to fore- see the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
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