Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... live ; to die Is to begin to live . It is to end An old , stale , weary work and to commence A newer and a better . " T is to leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness . Thou thyself must part At last from all thy ...
... live ; to die Is to begin to live . It is to end An old , stale , weary work and to commence A newer and a better . " T is to leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness . Thou thyself must part At last from all thy ...
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... Lives " is a refu- tation to the despondency and cowardice of our religious and political theorists . A wild courage , a stoicism not of the schools but of the blood , shines in every anecdote , and has given that book its immense fame ...
... Lives " is a refu- tation to the despondency and cowardice of our religious and political theorists . A wild courage , a stoicism not of the schools but of the blood , shines in every anecdote , and has given that book its immense fame ...
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... lives . It is told of Brutus , that when he fell on his sword after the battle of Philippi , he quoted a line of Euripides , " O Virtue ! I have followed thee through life , and I find thee at last but a shade . " I doubt not the hero ...
... lives . It is told of Brutus , that when he fell on his sword after the battle of Philippi , he quoted a line of Euripides , " O Virtue ! I have followed thee through life , and I find thee at last but a shade . " I doubt not the hero ...
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... live , for every passing eye is cheered and refined by the vision . The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency . All men have wandering im- pulses , fits and starts of generosity . But when you have resolved to be great ...
... live , for every passing eye is cheered and refined by the vision . The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency . All men have wandering im- pulses , fits and starts of generosity . But when you have resolved to be great ...
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... live with some rigor of temperance , or some extremes of generosity , seems to be an asceticism which common good nature would appoint to those who are at ease and in plenty , in sign that they feel a brotherhood with the great ...
... live with some rigor of temperance , or some extremes of generosity , seems to be an asceticism which common good nature would appoint to those who are at ease and in plenty , in sign that they feel a brotherhood with the great ...
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