Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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Page 69
... young men miscarry in their first enter- prizes , they lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges , and is not installed in an office within one year ...
... young men miscarry in their first enter- prizes , they lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges , and is not installed in an office within one year ...
Page 152
... young , yet forsakes not the old , or rather suffers no one who is truly its servant to grow old , but makes the aged participators of it , not less than the tender maiden , though in a different and nobler sort . For , it is a fire ...
... young , yet forsakes not the old , or rather suffers no one who is truly its servant to grow old , but makes the aged participators of it , not less than the tender maiden , though in a different and nobler sort . For , it is a fire ...
Page 280
... young . Infancy , youth , receptive , aspiring , with religious eye look . ing upward , counts itself nothing , and abandons itself to the instruction flowing from all sides . But the man and woman of seventy , assume to know all throw ...
... young . Infancy , youth , receptive , aspiring , with religious eye look . ing upward , counts itself nothing , and abandons itself to the instruction flowing from all sides . But the man and woman of seventy , assume to know all throw ...
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