Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... Heroism . Its rudest form is the contempt for safety and ease , which makes the attractiveness of war . It is a self - trust which slights the restraints of prudence in the plentitude of its energy and power to re- pair the harms it may ...
... Heroism . Its rudest form is the contempt for safety and ease , which makes the attractiveness of war . It is a self - trust which slights the restraints of prudence in the plentitude of its energy and power to re- pair the harms it may ...
Page 222
... Heroism feels and never reasons , and therefore is always right , and , although a different breeding , different ... Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind , and in contradiction , for a time , to the voice of the great ...
... Heroism feels and never reasons , and therefore is always right , and , although a different breeding , different ... Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind , and in contradiction , for a time , to the voice of the great ...
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... heroism . Heroism , like Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say , then , to the sugar - plums , and cats ' - cradles , to the toilet , compliments , quarrels , cards , and custard , which rack the wit of all human ...
... heroism . Heroism , like Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body . What shall it say , then , to the sugar - plums , and cats ' - cradles , to the toilet , compliments , quarrels , cards , and custard , which rack the wit of all human ...
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