Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fel- lows any secondary testimony . ness . What I must do , is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally ...
... mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fel- lows any secondary testimony . ness . What I must do , is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally ...
Page 237
... mean ; but how did we find out that it was mean ? What is the ground of this uneasiness of ours ; of this old discontent ? What is the universal sense of want and ignorance , but the fine inuendo by which the great soul makes its ...
... mean ; but how did we find out that it was mean ? What is the ground of this uneasiness of ours ; of this old discontent ? What is the universal sense of want and ignorance , but the fine inuendo by which the great soul makes its ...
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... mean service to the world , for which they forsake their native nobleness , they resemble those Ara- bian Sheikhs , who dwell in mean houses and affect an external poverty , to escape the rapacity of the Pacha , and reserve all their ...
... mean service to the world , for which they forsake their native nobleness , they resemble those Ara- bian Sheikhs , who dwell in mean houses and affect an external poverty , to escape the rapacity of the Pacha , and reserve all their ...
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