Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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Page 65
... marriages , our religion , we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlor soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born . If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose all ...
... marriages , our religion , we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlor soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born . If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises , they lose all ...
Page 125
... marriage , on socialism , on secret societies , on the college , on parties and persons , that your verdict is still expected with curiosity as a reserved wis- dom . Far otherwise ; your silence answers very loud SPIRITUAL LAWS . 125.
... marriage , on socialism , on secret societies , on the college , on parties and persons , that your verdict is still expected with curiosity as a reserved wis- dom . Far otherwise ; your silence answers very loud SPIRITUAL LAWS . 125.
Page 129
... marriage , our acquisition of an office , and the like , but in a silent thought by the way- side as we walk ; in a thought which revises our entire manner of life , and says , " Thus hast thou done , but it were better thus . " And all ...
... marriage , our acquisition of an office , and the like , but in a silent thought by the way- side as we walk ; in a thought which revises our entire manner of life , and says , " Thus hast thou done , but it were better thus . " And all ...
Page 137
... marriage , and gives perma- nence to human society . The natural association of the sentiment of love with the heyday of the blood seems to require , that in order to portray it in vivid tints , which every youth and maid should confess ...
... marriage , and gives perma- nence to human society . The natural association of the sentiment of love with the heyday of the blood seems to require , that in order to portray it in vivid tints , which every youth and maid should confess ...
Page 147
... marriages with words that take hold of the upper world , whilst one eye is prowling in the cellar , so that its gravest discourse has a savor of hams and pow- dering - tubs . Worst , when this sensualism intrudes LOVE . 147.
... marriages with words that take hold of the upper world , whilst one eye is prowling in the cellar , so that its gravest discourse has a savor of hams and pow- dering - tubs . Worst , when this sensualism intrudes LOVE . 147.
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