Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 138
... Truth tyrannizes over the un willing members of the body . Faces never lie , it is said . No man need be deceived , who will study the changes of expression . When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth , his eye is as clear as ...
... Truth tyrannizes over the un willing members of the body . Faces never lie , it is said . No man need be deceived , who will study the changes of expression . When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth , his eye is as clear as ...
Page 247
... truth . We know truth when we see it , let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose . Foolish people ask you , when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear , " How do you know it is truth , and not an error of your own ? " We know ...
... truth . We know truth when we see it , let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose . Foolish people ask you , when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear , " How do you know it is truth , and not an error of your own ? " We know ...
Page 248
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that ad- vent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature , for it then does not ...
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that ad- vent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature , for it then does not ...
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