Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 110
... existence , without any comparative . All external good has its tax , and if it came without desert or sweat , has no root in me and the next wind will blow it away . But all the good of nature is the soul's , and may be had , if paid ...
... existence , without any comparative . All external good has its tax , and if it came without desert or sweat , has no root in me and the next wind will blow it away . But all the good of nature is the soul's , and may be had , if paid ...
Page 310
... existence around a single form . It is the habit of certain minds to give an all - excluding fulness to the object , the thought , the word , they alight upon , and to make that for the time the deputy of the world . These are the ...
... existence around a single form . It is the habit of certain minds to give an all - excluding fulness to the object , the thought , the word , they alight upon , and to make that for the time the deputy of the world . These are the ...
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... existence . The fountains of invention and beauty in mod- ern society are all but dried up . A popular novel , a theatre , or a ball - room makes us feel that we are all paupers in the almshouse of this world , without dignity , without ...
... existence . The fountains of invention and beauty in mod- ern society are all but dried up . A popular novel , a theatre , or a ball - room makes us feel that we are all paupers in the almshouse of this world , without dignity , without ...
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