Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... live . My life is not an apology , but a life . It is for itself and not for a spectacle . I much prefer that it ... live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in soli- tude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the ...
... live . My life is not an apology , but a life . It is for itself and not for a spectacle . I much prefer that it ... live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in soli- tude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the ...
Page 62
... live in the present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround them , stands on tiptoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present ...
... live in the present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround them , stands on tiptoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present ...
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... lives to the utility of the symbol ; esteeming health and wealth a final good . Another class live above this mark to the beauty of the symbol ; as the poet , and artist , and the naturalist , and man of science . A third class live ...
... lives to the utility of the symbol ; esteeming health and wealth a final good . Another class live above this mark to the beauty of the symbol ; as the poet , and artist , and the naturalist , and man of science . A third class live ...
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