Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 68
... talents and character — they chance to see , - painfully recollecting the ex- act words they spoke ; afterwards , when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings , they understand them and are willing to ...
... talents and character — they chance to see , - painfully recollecting the ex- act words they spoke ; afterwards , when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings , they understand them and are willing to ...
Page 81
... talent of another you have only an extem- poraneous half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till that person VOL . II . 6 has exhibited it . Where is the ...
... talent of another you have only an extem- poraneous half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till that person VOL . II . 6 has exhibited it . Where is the ...
Page 109
... talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for first or last you must pay your entire debt . Persons and events may stand for a time between you and justice , but it is only a postponement . You must pay at last your own debt . If you are ...
... talents , or your heart . Always pay ; for first or last you must pay your entire debt . Persons and events may stand for a time between you and justice , but it is only a postponement . You must pay at last your own debt . If you are ...
Page 113
... talents of men until he has suffered from the one and seen the triumph of the other over his own want of the same . Has he a defect of temper that unfits him to live in society ? Thereby he is driven to entertain himself alone and ...
... talents of men until he has suffered from the one and seen the triumph of the other over his own want of the same . Has he a defect of temper that unfits him to live in society ? Thereby he is driven to entertain himself alone and ...
Page 134
... talent is the call . There is one direction in which all space open to him . He has faculties silently inviting him thither to endless exertion . He is like a ship in a river ; he runs against obstructions on every side but one , on ...
... talent is the call . There is one direction in which all space open to him . He has faculties silently inviting him thither to endless exertion . He is like a ship in a river ; he runs against obstructions on every side but one , on ...
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