Essays: First SeriesUnited States Book Company, 1899 - 326 pages |
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... 78562 CONTENTS . HISTORY , SELF - RELIANCE , ESSAY I. ESSAY II . ESSAY III . COMPENSATION , · ESSAY IV . SPIRITUAL LAWS , ESSAY V. LOVE , ESSAY VI . FRIENDSHIP , ESSAY VII . PRUDENCE , HEROISM , • THE OVER - SOUL , ESSAY VIII.
... 78562 CONTENTS . HISTORY , SELF - RELIANCE , ESSAY I. ESSAY II . ESSAY III . COMPENSATION , · ESSAY IV . SPIRITUAL LAWS , ESSAY V. LOVE , ESSAY VI . FRIENDSHIP , ESSAY VII . PRUDENCE , HEROISM , • THE OVER - SOUL , ESSAY VIII.
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... prudence to face every claimant and pay every just demand on your time , your talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for first or last you must pay your entire debt . Persons and events may stand for a time between you and justice , but ...
... prudence to face every claimant and pay every just demand on your time , your talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for first or last you must pay your entire debt . Persons and events may stand for a time between you and justice , but ...
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... prudence which presides at marriages with words that take hold of the upper world , whilst one eye is eternally boring down into the cellar ; so that its gravest discourse has ever a slight savor of hams and powdering - tubs . Worst ...
... prudence which presides at marriages with words that take hold of the upper world , whilst one eye is eternally boring down into the cellar ; so that its gravest discourse has ever a slight savor of hams and powdering - tubs . Worst ...
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... is entireness , a total magnanimity and trust . It must not surmise or provide for infirmity . It treats its object as a god , that it may deify both . 13 / PRUDENCE . ESSAY VII . PRUDENCE . WHAT right have FRIENDSHIP . 193.
... is entireness , a total magnanimity and trust . It must not surmise or provide for infirmity . It treats its object as a god , that it may deify both . 13 / PRUDENCE . ESSAY VII . PRUDENCE . WHAT right have FRIENDSHIP . 193.
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