Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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Page 30
... fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , — is a familiar fact explained to the child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and ...
... fear and obedience , and even much sympathy with the tyranny , — is a familiar fact explained to the child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and ...
Page 46
... fear . These are the voices which we hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members . Society is a joint - stock ...
... fear . These are the voices which we hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members . Society is a joint - stock ...
Page 60
... Fear and hope are alike beneath it . There is somewhat low even in hope . In the hour of vision , there is noth- ing that can be called gratitude , nor properly joy . The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal cau- sation ...
... Fear and hope are alike beneath it . There is somewhat low even in hope . In the hour of vision , there is noth- ing that can be called gratitude , nor properly joy . The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal cau- sation ...
Page 63
... fear , want , charity , all knock at once at thy closet door , and say , ' Come out unto us . ' But keep thy state ; come not into their confusion . The power men possess to annoy me , I give them by a weak curi- osity . No man can come ...
... fear , want , charity , all knock at once at thy closet door , and say , ' Come out unto us . ' But keep thy state ; come not into their confusion . The power men possess to annoy me , I give them by a weak curi- osity . No man can come ...
Page 76
... fear from her rotations . A political victory , a rise of rents , the recov- ery of your sick , or the return of your absent friend , or some other favorable event , raises your spirits , and you think good days are preparing for you ...
... fear from her rotations . A political victory , a rise of rents , the recov- ery of your sick , or the return of your absent friend , or some other favorable event , raises your spirits , and you think good days are preparing for you ...
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