Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 18
... moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The ada- mant streams into soft but precise form before it , and whilst I look at it its outline and texture 18 HISTORY .
... moral . Through the bruteness and toughness of matter , a subtle spirit bends all things to its own will . The ada- mant streams into soft but precise form before it , and whilst I look at it its outline and texture 18 HISTORY .
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... makes against the superstition of his times , he repeats step for step the part of old reformers , and in the search after truth finds , like them , new perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor 32 HISTORY .
... makes against the superstition of his times , he repeats step for step the part of old reformers , and in the search after truth finds , like them , new perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor 32 HISTORY .
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a ref- ormation . How How many times in the history of the world ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. perils to virtue . He learns again what moral vigor is needed to supply the girdle of a superstition . A great licentiousness treads on the heels of a ref- ormation . How How many times in the history of the world ...
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... morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Cau- casian man , perhaps older , these creatures have kept their counsel beside him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other . What ...
... morally , of either of these worlds of life ? As old as the Cau- casian man , perhaps older , these creatures have kept their counsel beside him , and there is no record of any word or sign that has passed from one to the other . What ...
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... moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk . No greater men are now than ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , re- ligion ...
... moral standard than in the standard of height or bulk . No greater men are now than ever were . A singular equality may be observed between the great men of the first and of the last ages ; nor can all the science , art , re- ligion ...
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