Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 159
... hands . His sin bedaubs him , mars all his good impression . Men know not why they do not trust him , but they do not trust ... hand , the hero fears not that if he withhold the avowal of a just and brave - act it will go unwitnessed and ...
... hands . His sin bedaubs him , mars all his good impression . Men know not why they do not trust him , but they do not trust ... hand , the hero fears not that if he withhold the avowal of a just and brave - act it will go unwitnessed and ...
Page 238
... hand to hand , and they are a feeble folk . It is a proverb that ' courtesy costs nothing ; ' but calculation might come to value love for its profit . Love is fabled to be blind , but kindness is necessary to perception ; love is not a ...
... hand to hand , and they are a feeble folk . It is a proverb that ' courtesy costs nothing ; ' but calculation might come to value love for its profit . Love is fabled to be blind , but kindness is necessary to perception ; love is not a ...
Page 303
... hand that built can topple it down much faster . Better than the hand and nimbler was the invisible thought which wrought through it ; and thus ever , behind the coarse effect , is a fine cause , which , being narrowly seen , is itself ...
... hand that built can topple it down much faster . Better than the hand and nimbler was the invisible thought which wrought through it ; and thus ever , behind the coarse effect , is a fine cause , which , being narrowly seen , is itself ...
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