Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 32
... leave the print of its features and form in some one or other of these upright , heaven - facing speakers . Ah , brother , hold fast to the man and awe the beast ; stop the ebb of thy soul - ebbing downward into the forms into whose ...
... leave the print of its features and form in some one or other of these upright , heaven - facing speakers . Ah , brother , hold fast to the man and awe the beast ; stop the ebb of thy soul - ebbing downward into the forms into whose ...
Page 53
... Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines . With consistency a great soul has simply ...
... Leave your theory as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines . With consistency a great soul has simply ...
Page 78
... leave no class . He who is really of their class will not be called by their name , but be wholly his own man , and , in his turn , the founder of a sect . The arts and inven- tions of each period are only its costume , and do not ...
... leave no class . He who is really of their class will not be called by their name , but be wholly his own man , and , in his turn , the founder of a sect . The arts and inven- tions of each period are only its costume , and do not ...
Page 80
... leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt always drag her after thee . 80 ESSAY II .
... leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt always drag her after thee . 80 ESSAY II .
Page 86
... leave to pray and praise ? to love and serve men ? Why , that they can do now . The legitimate inference the disciple would draw , was ; " We are to have such a good time as the sinners have now ; " -or , to push it to its extreme ...
... leave to pray and praise ? to love and serve men ? Why , that they can do now . The legitimate inference the disciple would draw , was ; " We are to have such a good time as the sinners have now ; " -or , to push it to its extreme ...
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