Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 111
... fear in me . All the old abuses in society , universal and particular , all unjust accumulations of property and power , are avenged in the same manner Fear is an instructor of great sagacity and the herald of all revolutions . One ...
... fear in me . All the old abuses in society , universal and particular , all unjust accumulations of property and power , are avenged in the same manner Fear is an instructor of great sagacity and the herald of all revolutions . One ...
Page 237
... fear groundless . The Latin proverb says , “ In battles the eye is first overcome . " Entire self- possession may make a battle very little more dangerous to life than a match at foils or at foot- ball . Examples are cited by soldiers ...
... fear groundless . The Latin proverb says , “ In battles the eye is first overcome . " Entire self- possession may make a battle very little more dangerous to life than a match at foils or at foot- ball . Examples are cited by soldiers ...
Page 327
... fear . And so any fact in our life , or any record of our fancies or reflections , disentangled from the web of our un- consciousness , becomes an object impersonal and immortal . It is the past restored , but embalmed . A better art ...
... fear . And so any fact in our life , or any record of our fancies or reflections , disentangled from the web of our un- consciousness , becomes an object impersonal and immortal . It is the past restored , but embalmed . A better art ...
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