Essays: First SeriesJ.R. Osgood and Company, 1878 - 333 pages |
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Page 91
... perfect for being little . Eyes , ears , taste , smell , motion , resistance , appetite , and organs of reproduc- tion that take hold on eternity , —all find room to consist in the small creature . So do we put our life into every act ...
... perfect for being little . Eyes , ears , taste , smell , motion , resistance , appetite , and organs of reproduc- tion that take hold on eternity , —all find room to consist in the small creature . So do we put our life into every act ...
Page 103
... perfect com- pensation of the universe . The absolute balance of Give and Take , the doctrine that every thing has its price , and if that price is not paid , not that thing but something else is obtained , and that it is impossi- ble ...
... perfect com- pensation of the universe . The absolute balance of Give and Take , the doctrine that every thing has its price , and if that price is not paid , not that thing but something else is obtained , and that it is impossi- ble ...
Page 125
... perfect contentment . Then you put all gainsay- ers in the wrong . Then you are the world , the measure of right , of truth , of beauty . If we will not be mar - plots with our miserable interferences , the work , the society , letters ...
... perfect contentment . Then you put all gainsay- ers in the wrong . Then you are the world , the measure of right , of truth , of beauty . If we will not be mar - plots with our miserable interferences , the work , the society , letters ...
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