Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page 27
... truth to which that fact or series belongs . - The primeval world , the Fore - World , as the Germans say , I can dive to it in myself as well as grope for it with researching fingers in cata- combs , libraries , and the broken reliefs ...
... truth to which that fact or series belongs . - The primeval world , the Fore - World , as the Germans say , I can dive to it in myself as well as grope for it with researching fingers in cata- combs , libraries , and the broken reliefs ...
Page 30
... truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a perception , that our two souls are tinged with the same hue , and do as it were run into one , why should I measure degrees of ...
... truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a perception , that our two souls are tinged with the same hue , and do as it were run into one , why should I measure degrees of ...
Page 32
... makes against the superstition of his times , he repeats step for step the part of old reformers , perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor and in the search after truth finds , like them , new 32 HISTORY .
... makes against the superstition of his times , he repeats step for step the part of old reformers , perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor and in the search after truth finds , like them , new 32 HISTORY .
Page 72
... truth. Check this lying hospitality and lying affection. Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse. Say to them, '-O father, 0 mother, O wife, O brother, O friend, I have lived with ...
... truth. Check this lying hospitality and lying affection. Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse. Say to them, '-O father, 0 mother, O wife, O brother, O friend, I have lived with ...
Page 52
... to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phi- sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot as 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
... to go upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phi- sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot as 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action appear beauty behold Belisarius better Bonduca Cæsar character conversation divine dream earth effect Emanuel Swedenborg Epaminondas eternal evil experience fact fear feel fire friendship genius gifts give hand heart heaven hero heroism Honest Man's Fortune hope hour human intellect less light live look lose man's ment mind moon names nature never night noble numbers old joy OVER-SOUL Parliament of Love pass passion Peninsular campaigns Perceforest perception perfect Pericles persons Plato Plotinus Plutarch poet poetry praise prudence relations religion royal sails seek seems sense sensual sentiment society Sophocles soul speak spirit stand star stoicism sweet Tamerlane teach thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth ture universal vale of Tempe virtue walk whilst whole wisdom wise words write youth