Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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... truth of his speech and the rectitude of his behavior . Towards all this external evil the man ' within the breast assumes a warlike attitude , and affirms his ability to cope single - handed with the infinite army of enemies . To this ...
... truth of his speech and the rectitude of his behavior . Towards all this external evil the man ' within the breast assumes a warlike attitude , and affirms his ability to cope single - handed with the infinite army of enemies . To this ...
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... truth and it is just . It is generous , hospitable , tem- perate , scornful of petty calculations and scornful of being scorned . It persists ; it is of an undaunted boldness and of a fortitude not to be wearied out .. Its jest is the ...
... truth and it is just . It is generous , hospitable , tem- perate , scornful of petty calculations and scornful of being scorned . It persists ; it is of an undaunted boldness and of a fortitude not to be wearied out .. Its jest is the ...
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... truth shall one day execute their will and put the world to shame . Or why should a woman liken herself to any historical woman , and think , because Sappho , or Sévigné , or De Staël , or the cloistered souls who have had genius and ...
... truth shall one day execute their will and put the world to shame . Or why should a woman liken herself to any historical woman , and think , because Sappho , or Sévigné , or De Staël , or the cloistered souls who have had genius and ...
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... truth , even with some auster- ity , to 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 ...
... truth , even with some auster- ity , to 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 ...
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... truth ever young , ever beautiful , so central that it shall commend itself to the eye at whatever angle beholden . And the first condition is that we must leave a too close and lingering adherence to the actual , to facts , and study ...
... truth ever young , ever beautiful , so central that it shall commend itself to the eye at whatever angle beholden . And the first condition is that we must leave a too close and lingering adherence to the actual , to facts , and study ...
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