Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 62
... existence . Before a leaf - bud has burst , its whole life acts ; in the full - blown flower , there is no more ; in the leafless root , there is no less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies nature , in all moments alike . There ...
... existence . Before a leaf - bud has burst , its whole life acts ; in the full - blown flower , there is no more ; in the leafless root , there is no less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies nature , in all moments alike . There ...
Page 108
... Existence , or God , is not a relation , or a part , but the whole . Being is the vast affirmative , excluding negation , self - balanced , and swallowing up all relations , parts and times , within itself . Nature , truth , virtue are ...
... Existence , or God , is not a relation , or a part , but the whole . Being is the vast affirmative , excluding negation , self - balanced , and swallowing up all relations , parts and times , within itself . Nature , truth , virtue are ...
Page 110
... existence , without any comparative . All external good has its tax , and if it came without desert or sweat , has no root in me and the next wind will blow it away . But all the good of nature is the soul's , and may be had , if paid ...
... existence , without any comparative . All external good has its tax , and if it came without desert or sweat , has no root in me and the next wind will blow it away . But all the good of nature is the soul's , and may be had , if paid ...
Page 159
... existence makes the world rich . Though she extrudes all other persons from his attention as cheap and unworthy , yet she indemnifies him by carrying out her own being into somewhat impersonal , large , mundane , so that the maiden ...
... existence makes the world rich . Though she extrudes all other persons from his attention as cheap and unworthy , yet she indemnifies him by carrying out her own being into somewhat impersonal , large , mundane , so that the maiden ...
Page 188
... existence than all the annals of heroism have yet made good . Respect so far the holy laws of this fellowship as not to prejudice its perfect flower by your im- patience for its opening . We must be our own , before we can be another's ...
... existence than all the annals of heroism have yet made good . Respect so far the holy laws of this fellowship as not to prejudice its perfect flower by your im- patience for its opening . We must be our own , before we can be another's ...
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