Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 89
... hour than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , " he acted , and thou sittest still . " I see action to be good , when the need is , and sitting still to be also good ...
... hour than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , " he acted , and thou sittest still . " I see action to be good , when the need is , and sitting still to be also good ...
Page 141
... hour , than perhaps ever before . More freedom exists for culture . It will not now run against an axe , at the first step out of the beaten track of opinion . But whoso is heroic , will always find crises to try his edge . Human virtue ...
... hour , than perhaps ever before . More freedom exists for culture . It will not now run against an axe , at the first step out of the beaten track of opinion . But whoso is heroic , will always find crises to try his edge . Human virtue ...
Page 146
... hour , Or stretch an hour to eternity . " We are often made to feel that there is another youth and age than that which is measured from the year of our natural birth . Some thoughts always find us young and keep us so . Such a thought ...
... hour , Or stretch an hour to eternity . " We are often made to feel that there is another youth and age than that which is measured from the year of our natural birth . Some thoughts always find us young and keep us so . Such a thought ...
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