Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 57
... past act or word because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts , and SELF - RELIANCE . 57.
... past act or word because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts , and SELF - RELIANCE . 57.
Page 58
... past for judgment into the thou- sand - eyed present , and live ever in a new day . In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity , yet when the devout motions of the soul come , yield to them heart and life , though they ...
... past for judgment into the thou- sand - eyed present , and live ever in a new day . In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity , yet when the devout motions of the soul come , yield to them heart and life , though they ...
Page 66
... past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , one as much as an- other . All things are dissolved to their centre by their cause , and in the universal miracle petty and particular miracles ...
... past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , one as much as an- other . All things are dissolved to their centre by their cause , and in the universal miracle petty and particular miracles ...
Page 67
... past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on tiptoe to fore- see the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time . This should be plain enough . Yet see what ...
... past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on tiptoe to fore- see the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time . This should be plain enough . Yet see what ...
Page 69
... past to a new state , in the shooting of the gulf , in the darting to an aim . This one fact the world hates ; that the soul be- comes ; for that forever degrades the past , turns all riches to poverty , all reputation to a shame , con ...
... past to a new state , in the shooting of the gulf , in the darting to an aim . This one fact the world hates ; that the soul be- comes ; for that forever degrades the past , turns all riches to poverty , all reputation to a shame , con ...
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