Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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... speaking . Speak rather of that which relies , because it works and is . Who has more soul than I , masters me , though he should not raise his finger . Round him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits ; who has less , I rule with ...
... speaking . Speak rather of that which relies , because it works and is . Who has more soul than I , masters me , though he should not raise his finger . Round him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits ; who has less , I rule with ...
Page 46
... speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . " Everywhere I am be- reaved of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his own temple doors , and recites fables merely of his brother's , or ...
... speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . " Everywhere I am be- reaved of meeting God in my brother , because he has shut his own temple doors , and recites fables merely of his brother's , or ...
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... speak and write what shall not go out of fashion is to speak and write sincerely . The argument which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt , will fail to reach yours . But take Sidney's maxim : " Look in thy heart ...
... speak and write what shall not go out of fashion is to speak and write sincerely . The argument which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt , will fail to reach yours . But take Sidney's maxim : " Look in thy heart ...
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