Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... hours should be instructed by the ages , and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation . All its properties consist in him . Every step in his private experience flashes a light ...
... hours should be instructed by the ages , and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one more incarnation . All its properties consist in him . Every step in his private experience flashes a light ...
Page 136
... hour . The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion , is to speak and write sincerely . The argument which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt , will fail to reach yours . But take Sid- ney's maxim ...
... hour . The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion , is to speak and write sincerely . The argument which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt , will fail to reach yours . But take Sid- ney's maxim ...
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... hour , than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , " he acted , and thou sittest still . " I see action to be good , when the need is , and sitting still to be also good ...
... hour , than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , " he acted , and thou sittest still . " I see action to be good , when the need is , and sitting still to be also good ...
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