Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... only to the wise . Seen from the nook and chimney - side of prudence , it wears a ragged and dangerous front . The violations of the laws of nature by our predecessors and our contemporaries are punished in us also HEROISM .
... only to the wise . Seen from the nook and chimney - side of prudence , it wears a ragged and dangerous front . The violations of the laws of nature by our predecessors and our contemporaries are punished in us also HEROISM .
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... seen in any other country . " The magnani- mous know very well that they who give time , or money , or shelter , to the stranger , so it be done for love and not for ostentation , -do , as it were , put God under obligation to them , so ...
... seen in any other country . " The magnani- mous know very well that they who give time , or money , or shelter , to the stranger , so it be done for love and not for ostentation , -do , as it were , put God under obligation to them , so ...
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... seen or heard of many extraordi- nary young men who never ripened , or whose performance in actual life was not extraordi nary . When we see their air and mien , when we hear them speak of society , of books , of religion , we admire ...
... seen or heard of many extraordi- nary young men who never ripened , or whose performance in actual life was not extraordi nary . When we see their air and mien , when we hear them speak of society , of books , of religion , we admire ...
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... seen safely to an end their manful endeavor ? Who that sees the meanness of our politics but inly congratulates Washington that he is long already wrapped in his shroud , and for- ever safe ; that he was laid sweet in his grave , the ...
... seen safely to an end their manful endeavor ? Who that sees the meanness of our politics but inly congratulates Washington that he is long already wrapped in his shroud , and for- ever safe ; that he was laid sweet in his grave , the ...
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... seen from the point of the intellect , or as truth . But all is sour if seen as experience . Details are always melancholy ; the plan is seemly and noble . It is strange how painful is the actual world - the painful kingdom of time and ...
... seen from the point of the intellect , or as truth . But all is sour if seen as experience . Details are always melancholy ; the plan is seemly and noble . It is strange how painful is the actual world - the painful kingdom of time and ...
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