Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... force has the passion over all his nature . It expands the sentiment ; it makes the clown gentle and gives the coward heart . Into the most pitiful and abject it will infuse a heart and courage to defy the world , so only it have the ...
... force has the passion over all his nature . It expands the sentiment ; it makes the clown gentle and gives the coward heart . Into the most pitiful and abject it will infuse a heart and courage to defy the world , so only it have the ...
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... forces , so the hours should be in- structed by the ages and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation . All its properties consist in him . Every step in his private experience ...
... forces , so the hours should be in- structed by the ages and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation . All its properties consist in him . Every step in his private experience ...
Page 65
... not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do you think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you and me ? Hark ! in the next room who spoke so clear and emphatic ? Good Heaven ! it is he ! SELF - RELIANCE . 65.
... not to be put by , if it will stand by itself . Do you think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you and me ? Hark ! in the next room who spoke so clear and emphatic ? Good Heaven ! it is he ! SELF - RELIANCE . 65.
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... force would be felt . He would utter opin- ions on all passing affairs , which being seen to be not private but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear in soli ...
... force would be felt . He would utter opin- ions on all passing affairs , which being seen to be not private but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear in soli ...
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... force . It loses your time and blurs the im- pression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible So- ciety , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like ...
... force . It loses your time and blurs the im- pression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible So- ciety , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like ...
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