Essays, Volume 1Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1905 - 354 pages |
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Page 39
... talents and character they chance to see , -painfully recollecting the exact words they spoke ; afterwards , when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings , they understand them , and are willing to let ...
... talents and character they chance to see , -painfully recollecting the exact words they spoke ; afterwards , when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings , they understand them , and are willing to let ...
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... talent of another , you have only an extemporaneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till that person has exhibited it . Where is the master who ...
... talent of another , you have only an extemporaneous , half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till that person has exhibited it . Where is the master who ...
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... talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for , first or last , you must pay your entire debt . Persons and events may stand for a time between you and justice , but it is only a postponement . You must pay at last your own debt . If you ...
... talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for , first or last , you must pay your entire debt . Persons and events may stand for a time between you and justice , but it is only a postponement . You must pay at last your own debt . If you ...
Page 68
... talents of men , until he has suffered from the one , and seen the triumph of the other over his own want of the same . Has he a defect of temper that unfits him to live in society ? Thereby he is driven to entertain himself alone , and ...
... talents of men , until he has suffered from the one , and seen the triumph of the other over his own want of the same . Has he a defect of temper that unfits him to live in society ? Thereby he is driven to entertain himself alone , and ...
Page 81
... talent is the call . There is one direction in which all space is open to him . He has faculties silently inviting him thither to endless exertion . He is like a ship in a river ; he runs against obstructions on every side but one ; on ...
... talent is the call . There is one direction in which all space is open to him . He has faculties silently inviting him thither to endless exertion . He is like a ship in a river ; he runs against obstructions on every side but one ; on ...
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