Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 153
... Epaminondas , but I do not wish to be Epaminondas . I hold it more just to love the world of this hour than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , ' He acted and thou sit- test ...
... Epaminondas , but I do not wish to be Epaminondas . I hold it more just to love the world of this hour than the world of his hour . Nor can you , if I am true , excite me to the least uneasiness by saying , ' He acted and thou sit- test ...
Page 154
... Epaminondas or Homer being there ? and that the soul did not know its own needs ? Besides , without any reasoning on the matter , I have no discontent . The good soul nourishes me and un- locks new magazines of power and enjoyment to me ...
... Epaminondas or Homer being there ? and that the soul did not know its own needs ? Besides , without any reasoning on the matter , I have no discontent . The good soul nourishes me and un- locks new magazines of power and enjoyment to me ...
Page 234
... Epaminondas , the Scipio of old , and I must think we are more deeply indebted to him than to all the ancient writers . Each of his " Lives " is a refutation to the despondency and cowardice of our religious and political theorists . A ...
... Epaminondas , the Scipio of old , and I must think we are more deeply indebted to him than to all the ancient writers . Each of his " Lives " is a refutation to the despondency and cowardice of our religious and political theorists . A ...
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