Essays: First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1895 - 290 pages |
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... 41 77 105 135 153 175 193 211 237 255 275 ESSAYS . HISTORY . THERE is no great and no. CONTENTS . HISTORY SELF - RELIANCE COMPENSATION SPIRITUAL LAWS LOVE FRIENDSHIP PRUDENCE . HEROISM THE OVER - SOUL CIRCLES INTELLECT ART.
... 41 77 105 135 153 175 193 211 237 255 275 ESSAYS . HISTORY . THERE is no great and no. CONTENTS . HISTORY SELF - RELIANCE COMPENSATION SPIRITUAL LAWS LOVE FRIENDSHIP PRUDENCE . HEROISM THE OVER - SOUL CIRCLES INTELLECT ART.
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... prudence to face every claimant , and pay every just demand on your time , your talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for , first or last , you must pay your entire debt . Persons and events may stand for a time between you and justice ...
... prudence to face every claimant , and pay every just demand on your time , your talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for , first or last , you must pay your entire debt . Persons and events may stand for a time between you and justice ...
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... prudence which presides at 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 ...
... prudence which presides at 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 ...
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... , Fair to old and foul to young , Scorn not thou the love of parts , And the articles of arts . Grandeur of the perfect sphere Thanks the atoms that cohere . PRUDENCE . WHAT right have I to write on Prudence PRUDENCE.
... , Fair to old and foul to young , Scorn not thou the love of parts , And the articles of arts . Grandeur of the perfect sphere Thanks the atoms that cohere . PRUDENCE . WHAT right have I to write on Prudence PRUDENCE.
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... of friendship is entireness , a total magnanimity and trust . It must not surmise or provide for infirmity . It treats its object as a god , that it may deify both . PRUDENCE . THEME no poet gladly sung , Fair to 174 FRIENDSHIP .
... of friendship is entireness , a total magnanimity and trust . It must not surmise or provide for infirmity . It treats its object as a god , that it may deify both . PRUDENCE . THEME no poet gladly sung , Fair to 174 FRIENDSHIP .
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