Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 13
... conversation , are portraits in which he finds the lineaments he is forming . The silent and the eloquent praise him and accost him , and he is stimulated wherever he moves , as by per- sonal allusions . A true aspirant therefore never ...
... conversation , are portraits in which he finds the lineaments he is forming . The silent and the eloquent praise him and accost him , and he is stimulated wherever he moves , as by per- sonal allusions . A true aspirant therefore never ...
Page 34
... renewed . Man is the broken giant , and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invig orated by habits of conversation with nature . The When the gods power of music , the power of poetry , to 34 HISTORY .
... renewed . Man is the broken giant , and in all his weakness both his body and his mind are invig orated by habits of conversation with nature . The When the gods power of music , the power of poetry , to 34 HISTORY .
Page 56
... the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation which does not interest us . The muscles , not spon taneously moved but moved by a low usurping wil- fulness 56 SELF - RELIANCE .
... the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease , in answer to conversation which does not interest us . The muscles , not spon taneously moved but moved by a low usurping wil- fulness 56 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 93
... cannot demonstrate . For men are wiser than they know . That which they hear in schools and pulpits without afterthought , if said in conversation would probably be questioned in silence . If a man dog- COMPENSATION . 93.
... cannot demonstrate . For men are wiser than they know . That which they hear in schools and pulpits without afterthought , if said in conversation would probably be questioned in silence . If a man dog- COMPENSATION . 93.
Page 103
... conversation . It finds a tongue in literature un- awares . Thus the Greeks called Jupiter , Supreme Mind ; but having traditionally ascribed to him many base actions , they involuntarily made amends to reason by tying up the hands of ...
... conversation . It finds a tongue in literature un- awares . Thus the Greeks called Jupiter , Supreme Mind ; but having traditionally ascribed to him many base actions , they involuntarily made amends to reason by tying up the hands of ...
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