Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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Page 11
... manner to abbreviate itself and yield its whole virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit at home with might and main and not suffer him- self to be bullied by kings or empires , but know ...
... manner to abbreviate itself and yield its whole virtue to him . He should see that he can live all history in his own person . He must sit at home with might and main and not suffer him- self to be bullied by kings or empires , but know ...
Page 16
... manner of persons they were and what they did . Then we have the same soul ex- pressed for us again in their literature ; in poems , drama , and philosophy : a very complete form . Then we have it once more in their architecture— the ...
... manner of persons they were and what they did . Then we have the same soul ex- pressed for us again in their literature ; in poems , drama , and philosophy : a very complete form . Then we have it once more in their architecture— the ...
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... . There are men whose manners have the same essential splendor as the simple and awful sculpture on the friezes of the Parthenon and the remains of the earliest Greek art . And there are compositions of the 2 History . 17.
... . There are men whose manners have the same essential splendor as the simple and awful sculpture on the friezes of the Parthenon and the remains of the earliest Greek art . And there are compositions of the 2 History . 17.
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... souls pay with what they do , nobler souls with that which they are . " And why ? Because a soul living from a great depth of being , awakens in us by its actions and words , by its very looks and manners , 18 History .
... souls pay with what they do , nobler souls with that which they are . " And why ? Because a soul living from a great depth of being , awakens in us by its actions and words , by its very looks and manners , 18 History .
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... manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add . The trivial experience of every day is always verifying some old prediction to us and converting into things for us also the words and ...
... manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add . The trivial experience of every day is always verifying some old prediction to us and converting into things for us also the words and ...
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