Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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Page 11
... less than all his history . With- out hurry , without rest , the human spirit goes forth from the beginning to embody every faculty , every thought , every emotion , which belongs to it in appro- priate events . But the thought is ...
... less than all his history . With- out hurry , without rest , the human spirit goes forth from the beginning to embody every faculty , every thought , every emotion , which belongs to it in appro- priate events . But the thought is ...
Page 13
... less distinctly some com- mand of this supreme , illimitable essence . Property also holds of the soul , covers great spiritual facts , and instinct- ively we at first hold to it with swords and laws , and wide and complex combinations ...
... less distinctly some com- mand of this supreme , illimitable essence . Property also holds of the soul , covers great spiritual facts , and instinct- ively we at first hold to it with swords and laws , and wide and complex combinations ...
Page 25
... less active in individuals , as the love of adventure or the love of repose happens to predominate . A man of rude health and flowing spirits has the faculty of rapid domestication , lives in his wagon , and roams through all latitudes ...
... less active in individuals , as the love of adventure or the love of repose happens to predominate . A man of rude health and flowing spirits has the faculty of rapid domestication , lives in his wagon , and roams through all latitudes ...
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... less true to all time are the details of that stately apologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . When the gods come among men , they are not known . Jesus was not ; Socrates and Shak- speare were not . Antæus was ...
... less true to all time are the details of that stately apologue . Apollo kept the flocks of Admetus , said the poets . When the gods come among men , they are not known . Jesus was not ; Socrates and Shak- speare were not . Antæus was ...
Page 35
... less strictly impli- cated . He is the compend of time ; he is also the cor- relative of nature . His power consists in the multitude of his affinities , in the fact that his life is intertwined with the whole chain of organic and ...
... less strictly impli- cated . He is the compend of time ; he is also the cor- relative of nature . His power consists in the multitude of his affinities , in the fact that his life is intertwined with the whole chain of organic and ...
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