Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 75
... marriages , our relig ion we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlor soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born . If our young men miscarry in their first enter- prises they lose all ...
... marriages , our relig ion we have not chosen , but society has chosen for us . We are parlor soldiers . We shun the rugged battle of fate , where strength is born . If our young men miscarry in their first enter- prises they lose all ...
Page 148
... marriage , on socialism , on secret socie- ties , on the college , on parties and persons , that your verdict is still expected with curiosity as a re- served wisdom . Far otherwise ; your silence an- swers very loud . You have no ...
... marriage , on socialism , on secret socie- ties , on the college , on parties and persons , that your verdict is still expected with curiosity as a re- served wisdom . Far otherwise ; your silence an- swers very loud . You have no ...
Page 152
... marriage , our acquisition of an office , and the like , but in a silent thought by the way- side as we walk ; in a thought which revises our en- tire manner of life and says , Thus hast thou done , but it were better thus . ' And all ...
... marriage , our acquisition of an office , and the like , but in a silent thought by the way- side as we walk ; in a thought which revises our en- tire manner of life and says , Thus hast thou done , but it were better thus . ' And all ...
Page 161
... marriage and gives permanence to human society . The natural association of the sentiment of love with the heyday of the blood seems to require that in order to portray it in vivid tints , which every youth and maid should confess to be ...
... marriage and gives permanence to human society . The natural association of the sentiment of love with the heyday of the blood seems to require that in order to portray it in vivid tints , which every youth and maid should confess to be ...
Page 174
... 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 powdering - tubs . Worst , when this sensualism intrudes into the ed- ucation of ...
... 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 powdering - tubs . Worst , when this sensualism intrudes into the ed- ucation of ...
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