Essays: First seriesH. Altemus, 1895 - 322 pages |
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Page 104
... nature engages all things to assume a hostile front to vice . The beautiful laws and substances of the world perse- cute and whip the traitor . He finds that things are arranged for truth and benefit , but there is no den in the wide ...
... nature engages all things to assume a hostile front to vice . The beautiful laws and substances of the world perse- cute and whip the traitor . He finds that things are arranged for truth and benefit , but there is no den in the wide ...
Page 110
... nature is the soul's , and may be had , if paid for in nature's lawful coin , that is , by labor which the heart and the head allow . I no longer wish to meet a good I do not earn , for example , to find a pot of buried gold , knowing ...
... nature is the soul's , and may be had , if paid for in nature's lawful coin , that is , by labor which the heart and the head allow . I no longer wish to meet a good I do not earn , for example , to find a pot of buried gold , knowing ...
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... nature is vitiated by any interference of our will . People represent virtue as a struggle , and take to themselves great airs upon their attainments , and the question is everywhere vexed , when a noble nature is com- mended , Whether ...
... nature is vitiated by any interference of our will . People represent virtue as a struggle , and take to themselves great airs upon their attainments , and the question is everywhere vexed , when a noble nature is com- mended , Whether ...
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