Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 31
... youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the car- icature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , who disclose to us new facts in nature . I see that men of God have ...
... youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the car- icature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , who disclose to us new facts in nature . I see that men of God have ...
Page 32
... youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms of whose influence he was merely the or- gan to the youth . The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped and how the Pyramids were built , better than the ...
... youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms of whose influence he was merely the or- gan to the youth . The fact teaches him how Belus was worshipped and how the Pyramids were built , better than the ...
Page 37
... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faith- ful , and fade ...
... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faith- ful , and fade ...
Page 37
... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faith- ful , and fade ...
... youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the human spirit " to bend the shows of things to the desires of the mind . " In Perceforest and Amadis de Gaul a garland and a rose bloom on the head of her who is faith- ful , and fade ...
Page 50
... youth and puberty and manhood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to ...
... youth and puberty and manhood no less with its own piquancy and charm , and made it enviable and gracious and its claims not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to ...
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