Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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Page 37
... passion of love shall teach it in a day . Who knows himself before he has been thrilled with indignation at an out- rage , or has heard an eloquent tongue , or has shared the throb of thousands in a national exultation or alarm ? No man ...
... passion of love shall teach it in a day . Who knows himself before he has been thrilled with indignation at an out- rage , or has heard an eloquent tongue , or has shared the throb of thousands in a national exultation or alarm ? No man ...
Page 60
... 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 , perceives the self - existence of Truth and 60 SELF - RELIANCE .
... 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 , perceives the self - existence of Truth and 60 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 122
... passion to know the noble woman with all that is serene , oracular , and beautiful in her soul . Let him be great , and love shall follow him . Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society ...
... passion to know the noble woman with all that is serene , oracular , and beautiful in her soul . Let him be great , and love shall follow him . Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society ...
Page 138
... passion of which we speak , though it begin with the young , yet forsakes not the old , or rather suffers no one who is truly its servant to grow old , but makes the aged participators of it , not less than the tender maiden , though in ...
... passion of which we speak , though it begin with the young , yet forsakes not the old , or rather suffers no one who is truly its servant to grow old , but makes the aged participators of it , not less than the tender maiden , though in ...
Page 139
... passion , when the story is told with any spark of truth and nature ! And what fastens attention , in the inter- course of life , like any passage betraying affection between two parties ? Perhaps we never saw them be- fore , and never ...
... passion , when the story is told with any spark of truth and nature ! And what fastens attention , in the inter- course of life , like any passage betraying affection between two parties ? Perhaps we never saw them be- fore , and never ...
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