Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 143
... Epaminondas , but I do not wish to be Epaminondas . I hold it more just to love the world of this hour , than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , acted , and thou sittest ...
... Epaminondas , but I do not wish to be Epaminondas . I hold it more just to love the world of this hour , than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , acted , and thou sittest ...
Page 144
... Epaminondas or Homer being there ? and that the soul did not know its own needs ? Besides , without any reasoning on the matter , I have no discontent . The good soul nourishes me alway , unlocks new magazines of power and en- joyment ...
... Epaminondas or Homer being there ? and that the soul did not know its own needs ? Besides , without any reasoning on the matter , I have no discontent . The good soul nourishes me alway , unlocks new magazines of power and en- joyment ...
Page 227
... —and art and nature , hope and dread , friends , angels , and the Supreme Being , shall not be absent from the chamber where thou sittest . Epaminondas , brave and ་ affectionate , does not seem to us to need HEROISM . 227.
... —and art and nature , hope and dread , friends , angels , and the Supreme Being , shall not be absent from the chamber where thou sittest . Epaminondas , brave and ་ affectionate , does not seem to us to need HEROISM . 227.
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