Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 75
... falling forward . All our manual labor and words of strength , as prying , splitting , digging , rowing , and so forth , are done by dint of continual falling , and the globe , earth , moon , comet , sun , fall forever and ever . The ...
... falling forward . All our manual labor and words of strength , as prying , splitting , digging , rowing , and so forth , are done by dint of continual falling , and the globe , earth , moon , comet , sun , fall forever and ever . The ...
Page 112
... fall into something usual and settled , but should be alert and inventive , and add rhyme and reason to what was drudgery . For perfect friendship it may be said to require natures so rare and costly , so well - tempered each , and so ...
... fall into something usual and settled , but should be alert and inventive , and add rhyme and reason to what was drudgery . For perfect friendship it may be said to require natures so rare and costly , so well - tempered each , and so ...
Page 144
... falling back on our better thoughts , by yield- ing to the spirit of prophecy which is innate in every man , that we ... fall short and cold . Only itself can inspire whom it will , and behold ! their speech shall be lyrical , and sweet ...
... falling back on our better thoughts , by yield- ing to the spirit of prophecy which is innate in every man , that we ... fall short and cold . Only itself can inspire whom it will , and behold ! their speech shall be lyrical , and sweet ...
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