Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 15
... turn all the gifts God offers her that she may learn the power and the charm that like a new dawn radiating of the deep of space , her new- born being is . The fair girl who repels inter- ference by a decided and proud choice of in ...
... turn all the gifts God offers her that she may learn the power and the charm that like a new dawn radiating of the deep of space , her new- born being is . The fair girl who repels inter- ference by a decided and proud choice of in ...
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... turn is made by circum- stances predominant , and the limits of na- ture give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , HISTORY, ESSAY IV 16.
... turn is made by circum- stances predominant , and the limits of na- ture give power to but one at a time . A man is the whole encyclopædia of facts . The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn , HISTORY, ESSAY IV 16.
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... turns , and pretty rapid turns . The nomads of Africa are constrained to wander , by the attacks of the gad - fly , which drives the cattle mad , and so compels the tribe to emigrate in the rainy season and drive off the cattle to the ...
... turns , and pretty rapid turns . The nomads of Africa are constrained to wander , by the attacks of the gad - fly , which drives the cattle mad , and so compels the tribe to emigrate in the rainy season and drive off the cattle to the ...
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... turn intelligible to him , as his onward thinking leads him into the truth to which that fact or series belongs . The primeval world , the Fore - World , as the Germans say , I can dive to it in myself as well as grope for it with ...
... turn intelligible to him , as his onward thinking leads him into the truth to which that fact or series belongs . The primeval world , the Fore - World , as the Germans say , I can dive to it in myself as well as grope for it with ...
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... turns all riches to poverty , all reputation to a shame ; confounds the saint with the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside . Why then do we prate of self - reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present there will be power not ...
... turns all riches to poverty , all reputation to a shame ; confounds the saint with the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside . Why then do we prate of self - reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present there will be power not ...
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