Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 63
... fear in me . All the old abuses in society , the great and universal and the petty and particular , all unjust accumulations of property and power , are avenged in the same manner . Fear is an instructor of great sagacity , and the ...
... fear in me . All the old abuses in society , the great and universal and the petty and particular , all unjust accumulations of property and power , are avenged in the same manner . Fear is an instructor of great sagacity , and the ...
Page 107
... fear to cool our love by facing the fact , by mining for the metaphysical foundation of this Elysian temple ? Shall I not be as real as the things I see ? If I am , I shall not fear to know them for what they are . Their essence is not ...
... fear to cool our love by facing the fact , by mining for the metaphysical foundation of this Elysian temple ? Shall I not be as real as the things I see ? If I am , I shall not fear to know them for what they are . Their essence is not ...
Page 128
... fear groundless . The Latin proverb says , " that in battles , the eye is first overcome . " The eye is daunted , and greatly exaggerates the perils of the hour . Entire self- possession may make a battle very little more dangerous to ...
... fear groundless . The Latin proverb says , " that in battles , the eye is first overcome . " The eye is daunted , and greatly exaggerates the perils of the hour . Entire self- possession may make a battle very little more dangerous to ...
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