EssaysH.M. Caldwell, 1892 |
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Page 9
... live by truth , and stand in need of expression . In love , in art , in avarice , in politics , in labor , in games , we study to utter our painful secret . The man is only half himself , the other half is his expression ...
... live by truth , and stand in need of expression . In love , in art , in avarice , in politics , in labor , in games , we study to utter our painful secret . The man is only half himself , the other half is his expression ...
Page 14
... live , -opaque , though they seem transparent , and from the heaven of truth I shall see and comprehend my relations . That will reconcile me to life , and renovate nature , to see trifles animated by a ten- dency , and to know what I ...
... live , -opaque , though they seem transparent , and from the heaven of truth I shall see and comprehend my relations . That will reconcile me to life , and renovate nature , to see trifles animated by a ten- dency , and to know what I ...
Page 17
... live with her ? No ; but also hunters , farmers , grooms , and butchers , though they express their affection in their choice of life , and not in their choice of words . The writer won- ders what the coachman or the hunter values in ...
... live with her ? No ; but also hunters , farmers , grooms , and butchers , though they express their affection in their choice of life , and not in their choice of words . The writer won- ders what the coachman or the hunter values in ...
Page 28
... live generously , but the epic poet , he who shall sing of the gods , and their descent unto men , must drink water out of a wooden bowl . For poetry is not Devil's wine , ' but God's wine . It is with this as it is with toys . We fill ...
... live generously , but the epic poet , he who shall sing of the gods , and their descent unto men , must drink water out of a wooden bowl . For poetry is not Devil's wine , ' but God's wine . It is with this as it is with toys . We fill ...
Page 43
... it appears to us that we lack the affirmative principle , and though we have health and reason , yet we have no superfluity of spirit for new creation ? We have enough to live and bring the year about , but ( 43 ) ESSAY II EXPERIENCE,
... it appears to us that we lack the affirmative principle , and though we have health and reason , yet we have no superfluity of spirit for new creation ? We have enough to live and bring the year about , but ( 43 ) ESSAY II EXPERIENCE,
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