Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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... man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the key to that era . Every reform was once a private opinion , and when it shall be a private opinion again it will solve the problem of the age . The fact narrated ...
... man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the key to that era . Every reform was once a private opinion , and when it shall be a private opinion again it will solve the problem of the age . The fact narrated ...
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... man . It is in the soul that architecture exists . Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a ... man's observation , of trivial facts which go to illustrate great and conspicuous facts . A lady with whom I was ...
... man . It is in the soul that architecture exists . Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a ... man's observation , of trivial facts which go to illustrate great and conspicuous facts . A lady with whom I was ...
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... man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is igno- rance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he ... man 42 Self - Reliance .
... man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is igno- rance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he ... man 42 Self - Reliance .
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... man's regards . Of such an immortal youth the force would be felt . He would utter opinions on all passing affairs ... man must be a noncon- formist . He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness , but ...
... man's regards . Of such an immortal youth the force would be felt . He would utter opinions on all passing affairs ... man must be a noncon- formist . He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness , but ...
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... man's eye . That is it which throws thunder into Chatham's voice , and dignity into Washington's port , and America into Adams's eye . Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris . It is always ancient virtue . We worship it to ...
... man's eye . That is it which throws thunder into Chatham's voice , and dignity into Washington's port , and America into Adams's eye . Honor is venerable to us because it is no ephemeris . It is always ancient virtue . We worship it to ...
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