Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 45
... hope . Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine Providence has found for you ; the society of your contem- poraries , the connection of events . Great men have always done so and confided ...
... hope . Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine Providence has found for you ; the society of your contem- poraries , the connection of events . Great men have always done so and confided ...
Page 49
... hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Ex- pect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my ...
... hope it is somewhat better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Ex- pect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my ...
Page 56
... hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife . Let us bow and apologize ...
... hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency . Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward . Instead of the gong for dinner , let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife . Let us bow and apologize ...
Page 63
... hope are alike beneath it . It asks nothing . There is somewhat low even in hope . We are then in vision . There is nothing that can be called grat- itude nor properly joy . The soul is raised over passion . It seeth identity and ...
... hope are alike beneath it . It asks nothing . There is somewhat low even in hope . We are then in vision . There is nothing that can be called grat- itude nor properly joy . The soul is raised over passion . It seeth identity and ...
Page 73
... valet . I have no churlish objection to the circumnavi- gation of the globe , for the purposes of art , of study , and benevolence , so that the man is first . domesticated , or does not go abroad with the hope SELF - RELIANCE . 73.
... valet . I have no churlish objection to the circumnavi- gation of the globe , for the purposes of art , of study , and benevolence , so that the man is first . domesticated , or does not go abroad with the hope SELF - RELIANCE . 73.
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