Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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... SPIRITUAL LAWS . V. LOVE . VI . FRIENDSHIP VII . PRUDENCE VIII . HEROISM IX . THE OVER - SOUL X. CIRCLES XI . INTELLECT XII . ART . PAGE 7 45 89- • 123 159 20 181 • 207 231 249 279 301 325 HISTORY . THERE is no great and no small To.
... SPIRITUAL LAWS . V. LOVE . VI . FRIENDSHIP VII . PRUDENCE VIII . HEROISM IX . THE OVER - SOUL X. CIRCLES XI . INTELLECT XII . ART . PAGE 7 45 89- • 123 159 20 181 • 207 231 249 279 301 325 HISTORY . THERE is no great and no small To.
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... heroism and grandeur which belong to acts of self - reliance . It is remarkable that involuntarily we always read as superior beings . Universal his- tory , the poets , the romancers , do not in their state- liest pictures , in the ...
... heroism and grandeur which belong to acts of self - reliance . It is remarkable that involuntarily we always read as superior beings . Universal his- tory , the poets , the romancers , do not in their state- liest pictures , in the ...
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... heroism have yet made good . Respect so far the holy laws of this fellowship as not to prejudice its perfect flower by your impa- tience for its opening . We must be our own be- fore we can be another's . There is at least this ...
... heroism have yet made good . Respect so far the holy laws of this fellowship as not to prejudice its perfect flower by your impa- tience for its opening . We must be our own be- fore we can be another's . There is at least this ...
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... heroism and holiness are studied by another , but they are recon- cilable . Prudence concerns the present time , per- sons , property and existing forms . But as every fact hath its roots in the soul , and if the soul were changed would ...
... heroism and holiness are studied by another , but they are recon- cilable . Prudence concerns the present time , per- sons , property and existing forms . But as every fact hath its roots in the soul , and if the soul were changed would ...
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... wreaths of dread Lightning - knotted round his head ; The hero is not fed on sweets , Daily his own heart he eats ; Chambers of the great are jails , And head - winds right for royal sails . 1 VIII . HEROISM . - IN the elder English.
... wreaths of dread Lightning - knotted round his head ; The hero is not fed on sweets , Daily his own heart he eats ; Chambers of the great are jails , And head - winds right for royal sails . 1 VIII . HEROISM . - IN the elder English.
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