Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 36
... numbers and time fully to accomplish his thought ; -and posterity seem to follow his steps as a procession . A man Cæsar is born , and for ages after we have a Roman Empire . Christ is born , and millions of minds so grow and cleve to ...
... numbers and time fully to accomplish his thought ; -and posterity seem to follow his steps as a procession . A man Cæsar is born , and for ages after we have a Roman Empire . Christ is born , and millions of minds so grow and cleve to ...
Page 51
... numbers . The political parties meet in numerous con- ventions ; the greater the concourse , and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Demo- crats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young ...
... numbers . The political parties meet in numerous con- ventions ; the greater the concourse , and with each new uproar of announcement , The delegation from Essex ! The Demo- crats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young ...
Page 100
... numbers , habits , persons , lose by degrees their power over us . Cause and effect , real affinities , the longing for harmony between the soul and the circumstance , the high progressive idealizing in- stinct , these predominate later ...
... numbers , habits , persons , lose by degrees their power over us . Cause and effect , real affinities , the longing for harmony between the soul and the circumstance , the high progressive idealizing in- stinct , these predominate later ...
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