Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 12
... better men ; but rather is it true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great ...
... better men ; but rather is it true that in their grandest strokes we feel most at home . All that Shakspeare says of the king , yonder slip of a boy that reads in the corner feels to be true of himself . We sympathize in the great ...
Page 15
... things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human We must in ourselves see the nature ; that is HISTORY . 15.
... things in astronomy which had long been known . The better for him . History must be this or it is nothing . Every law which the state enacts indicates a fact in human We must in ourselves see the nature ; that is HISTORY . 15.
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... better than the discovery by Champollion of the names of all the workmen and the cost of every tile . He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his door , and himself has laid the courses . Again , in that protest which each ...
... better than the discovery by Champollion of the names of all the workmen and the cost of every tile . He finds Assyria and the Mounds of Cholula at his door , and himself has laid the courses . Again , in that protest which each ...
Page 36
... better instincts or sentiments , and re- fuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their ...
... better instincts or sentiments , and re- fuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race ; remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts fall aptly and supple into their places ; they know their ...
Page 48
... better for worse as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nour- ishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till . The power which ...
... better for worse as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nour- ishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till . The power which ...
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