Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 10
... common life . That false prudence which dotes on health and wealth is the foil , the butt and merriment of heroism . Heroism , like Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say then to the sugar - plums and cats ...
... common life . That false prudence which dotes on health and wealth is the foil , the butt and merriment of heroism . Heroism , like Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say then to the sugar - plums and cats ...
Page 12
... common duty can very well attain , to suffer and to dare with solemnity . But these rare souls set opinion , success , and life at so cheap a rate that they will not soothe their enemies by pe- titions , or the show of sorrow , but wear ...
... common duty can very well attain , to suffer and to dare with solemnity . But these rare souls set opinion , success , and life at so cheap a rate that they will not soothe their enemies by pe- titions , or the show of sorrow , but wear ...
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... common size of man . The magic they used was the ideal ten- dencies , which always make the Actual ridic- ulous ; but the tough world has its revenge the moment they put their horses of the sun to plough in its furrow . They found no ex ...
... common size of man . The magic they used was the ideal ten- dencies , which always make the Actual ridic- ulous ; but the tough world has its revenge the moment they put their horses of the sun to plough in its furrow . They found no ex ...
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... common , nor the common the heroic . Yet we have the weakness to expect the sym- pathy of people in those actions whose excel- lence is that they outrun sympathy and ap- peal to a tardy justice . If you would serve your brother ...
... common , nor the common the heroic . Yet we have the weakness to expect the sym- pathy of people in those actions whose excel- lence is that they outrun sympathy and ap- peal to a tardy justice . If you would serve your brother ...
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... common good nature would appoint to those who are at ease and in plenty , in sign that they feel a brotherhood with the great multitude of suffering men . And not only need we breathe and exercise the soul by assuming the penalties of ...
... common good nature would appoint to those who are at ease and in plenty , in sign that they feel a brotherhood with the great multitude of suffering men . And not only need we breathe and exercise the soul by assuming the penalties of ...
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