Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 118
... never presented a practical difficulty to any man , -never darkened across any man's road , who did not go out of his way to seek them . These are the soul's mumps and measles , and whooping - coughs , and those who have not caught them ...
... never presented a practical difficulty to any man , -never darkened across any man's road , who did not go out of his way to seek them . These are the soul's mumps and measles , and whooping - coughs , and those who have not caught them ...
Page 140
... never be any doubt concerning the respect- ive ability of human beings , when we seek the truth . Pretension may sit still , but cannot act . Pretension never feigned an act of real greatness . Pretension never wrote an Iliad , nor ...
... never be any doubt concerning the respect- ive ability of human beings , when we seek the truth . Pretension may sit still , but cannot act . Pretension never feigned an act of real greatness . Pretension never wrote an Iliad , nor ...
Page 275
... never see Christianity from the catechism , -from the pas- tures , from a boat in the pond , from amidst the songs of wood - birds , we possibly may . Cleansed by the elemental light and wind , steeped in the sea of beautiful forms ...
... never see Christianity from the catechism , -from the pas- tures , from a boat in the pond , from amidst the songs of wood - birds , we possibly may . Cleansed by the elemental light and wind , steeped in the sea of beautiful forms ...
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