Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1892 - 322 pages |
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Page 13
... means of the wall of that rule . Somewhere or other , some time or other , it will demand and find compensation for that loss by doing the work itself . Ferguson discovered many things in astronomy which had long been known . The better ...
... means of the wall of that rule . Somewhere or other , some time or other , it will demand and find compensation for that loss by doing the work itself . Ferguson discovered many things in astronomy which had long been known . The better ...
Page 31
... means the impossibility of drinking the waters of thought which are always gleaming and waving within sight of the soul . The transmi- gration of souls : that too is no fable . I would it were ; but men and women are only half human ...
... means the impossibility of drinking the waters of thought which are always gleaming and waving within sight of the soul . The transmi- gration of souls : that too is no fable . I would it were ; but men and women are only half human ...
Page 45
... means opposed to our purpose , these have not . Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet uncon- quered , and when we look in their faces , we are disconcerted . Infancy conforms to nobody ; all conform to SELF - RELIANCE . 45.
... means opposed to our purpose , these have not . Their mind being whole , their eye is as yet uncon- quered , and when we look in their faces , we are disconcerted . Infancy conforms to nobody ; all conform to SELF - RELIANCE . 45.
Page 50
... mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fel- lows any secondary testimony . ness . What I must do , is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally ...
... mean as my gifts may be , I actually am , and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fel- lows any secondary testimony . ness . What I must do , is all that concerns me , not what the people think . This rule , equally ...
Page 52
... mean , " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease in answer to conversation which does not interest us . The muscles , not spontaneously moved , but moved by a low usurping ...
... mean , " the foolish face of praise , " the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease in answer to conversation which does not interest us . The muscles , not spontaneously moved , but moved by a low usurping ...
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