EssaysLittle Leather Library Corporation, 1910 - 96 pages |
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Page 29
... lived . ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the mo- ment of transition from a past to a new state , in the shooting of a gulf , in the darting to an aim . This one fact the world hates , that the soul SELF - RELIANCE . 29.
... lived . ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the mo- ment of transition from a past to a new state , in the shooting of a gulf , in the darting to an aim . This one fact the world hates , that the soul SELF - RELIANCE . 29.
Page 105
... ment which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt will fail to reach yours . But take Sidney's maxim : " Look in thy heart , and write . " He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public . That statement only is ...
... ment which has not power to reach my own practice , I may well doubt will fail to reach yours . But take Sidney's maxim : " Look in thy heart , and write . " He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public . That statement only is ...
Page 154
... ment , by affairs . We cover up our thought from him under a hundred folds . I knew a man who under a certain religious frenzy cast off this drapery , and omitting all compliment and commonplace , spoke to the conscience of every person ...
... ment , by affairs . We cover up our thought from him under a hundred folds . I knew a man who under a certain religious frenzy cast off this drapery , and omitting all compliment and commonplace , spoke to the conscience of every person ...
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