Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 201
... leave , for the time , all account of subordinate social benefit , to speak of that select and sacred relation which is a kind of absolute , and which even leaves the language of love sus- picious and common , so much is this purer ...
... leave , for the time , all account of subordinate social benefit , to speak of that select and sacred relation which is a kind of absolute , and which even leaves the language of love sus- picious and common , so much is this purer ...
Page 209
... Leave to the diamond its ages to grow , nor expect to accelerate the births of the eternal . Friendship demands a religious treatment . We talk of choosing our friends , but friends are self - elected . Reverence is a great part of it ...
... Leave to the diamond its ages to grow , nor expect to accelerate the births of the eternal . Friendship demands a religious treatment . We talk of choosing our friends , but friends are self - elected . Reverence is a great part of it ...
Page 246
... leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness . Thou thyself must part At last from all thy garlands , pleasures , triumphs , And prove thy fortitude what then ' t will do . Val . But art not grieved nor vexed to leave thy ...
... leave Deceitful knaves for the society Of gods and goodness . Thou thyself must part At last from all thy garlands , pleasures , triumphs , And prove thy fortitude what then ' t will do . Val . But art not grieved nor vexed to leave thy ...
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