Essays: First seriesH. Altemus, 1895 - 322 pages |
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Page 62
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround them , stands on tiptoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround them , stands on tiptoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
Page 64
... present , and will always all cir- cumstance , and what is called life , and what is called death . Life only avails , not the having lived . Power ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to ...
... present , and will always all cir- cumstance , and what is called life , and what is called death . Life only avails , not the having lived . Power ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to ...
Page 209
... present well - be- ing . I do not know if all matter will be found to be made of one element , as oxygen or hydrogen , at last , but the world of manners and actions is wrought of one stuff , and begin where we will , we are pretty sure ...
... present well - be- ing . I do not know if all matter will be found to be made of one element , as oxygen or hydrogen , at last , but the world of manners and actions is wrought of one stuff , and begin where we will , we are pretty sure ...
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