Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 69
... equal , than it should be glitter- ing and unsteady . I wish it to be sound and sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . My life should be unique ; it should be an > alms , a battle , a conquest , a medicine . I ask primary evidence ...
... equal , than it should be glitter- ing and unsteady . I wish it to be sound and sweet , and not to need diet and bleeding . My life should be unique ; it should be an > alms , a battle , a conquest , a medicine . I ask primary evidence ...
Page 100
... equal penalty put on its abuse . It is to answer for its moderation with its life . For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly . For every thing you have missed , you have gained something else ; and for every thing < you gain ...
... equal penalty put on its abuse . It is to answer for its moderation with its life . For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly . For every thing you have missed , you have gained something else ; and for every thing < you gain ...
Page 113
... equal sureness for all right action . Love , and you shall be loved . All love is mathematically just , as much as the two sides of an algebraic equation . The good man has absolute good , which like fire turns every thing to its own ...
... equal sureness for all right action . Love , and you shall be loved . All love is mathematically just , as much as the two sides of an algebraic equation . The good man has absolute good , which like fire turns every thing to its own ...
Page 128
... equal rea He is old , he is young , he is very wise , he is altogether ignorant . He hears and feels what you say of the seraphim , and of the tin- pedler . There is no permanent wise man except in the figment of the stoics . We side ...
... equal rea He is old , he is young , he is very wise , he is altogether ignorant . He hears and feels what you say of the seraphim , and of the tin- pedler . There is no permanent wise man except in the figment of the stoics . We side ...
Page 155
... equal to every relation . It makes no difference how many friends I have and what content I can find in conversing with each , if there be one to whom I am not equal . If I have shrunk unequal from one contest , instantly the joy I find ...
... equal to every relation . It makes no difference how many friends I have and what content I can find in conversing with each , if there be one to whom I am not equal . If I have shrunk unequal from one contest , instantly the joy I find ...
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