Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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Page 19
... moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adamant streams into soft but precise form before it , and whilst I look at it , its outline and texture are changed again ...
... moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The adamant streams into soft but precise form before it , and whilst I look at it , its outline and texture are changed again ...
Page 30
... moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the world has the Luther of the day had to Jament the decay of piety in his ...
... moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a reformation . How many times in the history of the world has the Luther of the day had to Jament the decay of piety in his ...
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... morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Cau- casian man , — perhaps older , — these creatures have kept their counsel beside him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other ...
... morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Cau- casian man , — perhaps older , — these creatures have kept their counsel beside him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other ...
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... morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , — perhaps older , - these creatures have kept their counsel beside him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other . What ...
... morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Caucasian man , — perhaps older , - these creatures have kept their counsel beside him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other . What ...
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... moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk . No greater men are now than ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , religion , and ...
... moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk . No greater men are now than ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , religion , and ...
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