Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 64
... virtue . We do not yet see that virtue is Height , and that a man or a company of men plastic and permeable to principles , by the law of nature must ɔverpower and ride all cities , nations , kings , rich men , poets , who are not ...
... virtue . We do not yet see that virtue is Height , and that a man or a company of men plastic and permeable to principles , by the law of nature must ɔverpower and ride all cities , nations , kings , rich men , poets , who are not ...
Page 103
... virtue , whereof wealth and credit are signs . These signs , like paper - money , may be counterfeited or stolen , but that which they rep- resent , namely , knowledge and virtue , cannot be counterfeited or stolen . These ends of labor ...
... virtue , whereof wealth and credit are signs . These signs , like paper - money , may be counterfeited or stolen , but that which they rep- resent , namely , knowledge and virtue , cannot be counterfeited or stolen . These ends of labor ...
Page 166
... virtue ; and these virtues are there , however eclipsed . They appear and reappear , and continue to attract ; but the regard changes , quits the sign , and attaches to the substance . This repairs the wounded affec- tion . Meantime ...
... virtue ; and these virtues are there , however eclipsed . They appear and reappear , and continue to attract ; but the regard changes , quits the sign , and attaches to the substance . This repairs the wounded affec- tion . Meantime ...
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