Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 31
... sentiment of his infancy , a prayer of his youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the car- icature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , who disclose to us new ...
... sentiment of his infancy , a prayer of his youth , he then pierces to the truth through all the confusion of tradition and the car- icature of institutions . Rare , extravagant spirits come by us at intervals , who disclose to us new ...
Page 36
... sentiments , and re- fuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their master , and the mean ...
... sentiments , and re- fuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their master , and the mean ...
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... sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , —that is genius . Speak your latent conviction ...
... sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , —that is genius . Speak your latent conviction ...
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... sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose , these have not . Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered , and when we look in their faces we are disconcerted . Infaney ...
... sentiment because our arithmetic has computed the strength and means opposed to our purpose , these have not . Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet unconquered , and when we look in their faces we are disconcerted . Infaney ...
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... sentiment , outside of us is a law . We feel its inspiration ; out there in history we can see its fatal strength . " It is in the world , and the world was made by it . " Justice is not postponed . A perfect equity adjusts its bal ...
... sentiment , outside of us is a law . We feel its inspiration ; out there in history we can see its fatal strength . " It is in the world , and the world was made by it . " Justice is not postponed . A perfect equity adjusts its bal ...
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