Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 19
... child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms , of whose influence he was merely the organ to the youth . The fact teaches him how ...
... child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms , of whose influence he was merely the organ to the youth . The fact teaches him how ...
Page 75
... children will bring flowers . And why drag this dead weight of a Sunday - school over the whole Christendom ? It is natural and beautiful that child- hood should inquire , and maternity should teach ; but it is time enough to answer ...
... children will bring flowers . And why drag this dead weight of a Sunday - school over the whole Christendom ? It is natural and beautiful that child- hood should inquire , and maternity should teach ; but it is time enough to answer ...
Page 123
... child says he looked out of this window when he looked out of that- whip him . " Our American character is marked by a more than average delight in accurate perception , which is shown by the currency of the by - word , " No mistake ...
... child says he looked out of this window when he looked out of that- whip him . " Our American character is marked by a more than average delight in accurate perception , which is shown by the currency of the by - word , " No mistake ...
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