Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 69
... wisdom ; they are proper additions of being . In a virtuous action , I properly am ; in a virtuous act , I add to the world ; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing , and see the darkness receding on the limits of the ...
... wisdom ; they are proper additions of being . In a virtuous action , I properly am ; in a virtuous act , I add to the world ; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing , and see the darkness receding on the limits of the ...
Page 86
... wisdom . Far otherwise ; your silence answers very loud . You have no oracle to utter , and your fellow - men have learned that you cannot help them ; for , oracles speak . Doth not wisdom cry , and understanding put forth her voice ...
... wisdom . Far otherwise ; your silence answers very loud . You have no oracle to utter , and your fellow - men have learned that you cannot help them ; for , oracles speak . Doth not wisdom cry , and understanding put forth her voice ...
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... wisdom of the world is not wisdom , and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame , and are not writers . Among the multitude of scholars and authors , we feel no hallowing presence ; we are sensible of a ...
... wisdom of the world is not wisdom , and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to literary fame , and are not writers . Among the multitude of scholars and authors , we feel no hallowing presence ; we are sensible of a ...
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