The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1858 |
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... Church . The sun shone in upon that gay assembly , composed of so many different nations . To be so solitary , so without countrymen , kindred , or friends in this assembly , and yet to know myself so pro- foundly united with all these ...
... Church . The sun shone in upon that gay assembly , composed of so many different nations . To be so solitary , so without countrymen , kindred , or friends in this assembly , and yet to know myself so pro- foundly united with all these ...
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... church on the shores ; the prevailing color being white . Many private houses , however , were of a soft gray and of a sepia tint . During the latter part of the journey , the clouds came down upon us , and we became perfectly wet . But ...
... church on the shores ; the prevailing color being white . Many private houses , however , were of a soft gray and of a sepia tint . During the latter part of the journey , the clouds came down upon us , and we became perfectly wet . But ...
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... church , and the Christian faith , when he had come to doubt of its principal doctrines ; who was noble enough , nevertheless , to retain universal esteem and old friends ; and strong enough , while avoiding all polemical controversy ...
... church , and the Christian faith , when he had come to doubt of its principal doctrines ; who was noble enough , nevertheless , to retain universal esteem and old friends ; and strong enough , while avoiding all polemical controversy ...
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... Church from the lack of vital Christianity , to be roused up by such fresh winds from the Himalaya of heathenism . But how can Emerson overlook - ? Yet I will not ask about Would that many were Emerson is just and true . like him ! But ...
... Church from the lack of vital Christianity , to be roused up by such fresh winds from the Himalaya of heathenism . But how can Emerson overlook - ? Yet I will not ask about Would that many were Emerson is just and true . like him ! But ...
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... Church in which all sects may unite in the name of the same Lord . We were conducted to our room , refreshed and dressed ourselves ; then came breakfast and all the neighbors , and I had to shake from sixty to seventy kindly - extended ...
... Church in which all sects may unite in the name of the same Lord . We were conducted to our room , refreshed and dressed ourselves ; then came breakfast and all the neighbors , and I had to shake from sixty to seventy kindly - extended ...
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Page 151 - Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Page 178 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 152 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Page 176 - ... whole counsel of God, but were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received. I beseech you remember, it is an article of your church covenant, that you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the written Word of God.
Page 151 - In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side.
Page 41 - Comes up the laugh of children, the soft voice Of maidens, and the sweet and solemn hymn Of Sabbath worshippers.
Page 151 - Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.
Page 150 - A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.
Page 152 - The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose helps.
Page 174 - I will make them conform, or I will harry them out of the land, or else worse,"