Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 49
... seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the ...
... seek or why I exclude company . Then , again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations . Are they my poor ? I tell thee , thou foolish philanthropist , that I grudge the ...
Page 60
... seek to pry into the soul that causes , —all meta- physics , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions ...
... seek to pry into the soul that causes , —all meta- physics , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man discerns between the voluntary acts of his mind , and his involuntary perceptions ...
Page 67
... seek to de- serve that you should . I must be myself . I will not hide my tastes or aversions . I will so trust that what is deep is holy , that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me , and the heart ...
... seek to de- serve that you should . I must be myself . I will not hide my tastes or aversions . I will so trust that what is deep is holy , that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me , and the heart ...
Page 74
... seek the Vati- can , and the palaces . I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions , but I am not intoxi- cated . My giant goes with me wherever I go . 3. But the rage of travelling is itself only a symptom of a deeper ...
... seek the Vati- can , and the palaces . I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions , but I am not intoxi- cated . My giant goes with me wherever I go . 3. But the rage of travelling is itself only a symptom of a deeper ...
Page 79
... seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it . " Our dependence on these foreign 66 goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers . SELF - RELIANCE . 79.
... seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it . " Our dependence on these foreign 66 goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers . SELF - RELIANCE . 79.
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