Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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... forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages , and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one . more incarnation . All its properties consist in him . Every step in his private ...
... forces , so the hours should be instructed by the ages , and the ages explained by the hours . Of the universal mind each individual man is one . more incarnation . All its properties consist in him . Every step in his private ...
Page 46
... force because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next room , who spoke so clear and emphatic ? Good Heaven ! it is he ! it is that very lump of bashfulness and phlegm which for weeks has done nothing but eat when you were by ...
... force because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next room , who spoke so clear and emphatic ? Good Heaven ! it is he ! it is that very lump of bashfulness and phlegm which for weeks has done nothing but eat when you were by ...
Page 47
... force would be felt . He would utter opinions on all passing affairs , which being seen to be not pri- vate but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear in ...
... force would be felt . He would utter opinions on all passing affairs , which being seen to be not pri- vate but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear in ...
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... force . It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible - Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base ...
... force . It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character . If you maintain a dead church , contribute to a dead Bible - Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base ...
Page 53
... force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment . The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ...
... force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment . The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ...
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