Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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Page 31
... thou hast now for many years slid . As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the roadside and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , she swallowed him alive . If he ...
... thou hast now for many years slid . As near and proper to us is also that old fable of the Sphinx , who was said to sit in the roadside and put riddles to every passenger . If the man could not answer , she swallowed him alive . If he ...
Page 47
... thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ...
... thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the dollar , the dime , the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong . There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ...
Page 69
... thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . " Everywhere I am bereaved of meeting God in my brother , be- cause he has shut his own temple doors and recites fables merely of his brother's , or his brother's brother's God . Every ...
... thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey . " Everywhere I am bereaved of meeting God in my brother , be- cause he has shut his own temple doors and recites fables merely of his brother's , or his brother's brother's God . Every ...
Page 73
... thou canst not hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment , there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses or Dante , but different ...
... thou canst not hope too much or dare too much . There is at this moment , there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses or Dante , but different ...
Page 77
... thou only firm column must presently appear the upholder of all that surrounds thee . He who knows that power is in the soul , that he is weak only because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere , and , so perceiving , throws ...
... thou only firm column must presently appear the upholder of all that surrounds thee . He who knows that power is in the soul , that he is weak only because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere , and , so perceiving , throws ...
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