Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 123
... Less . How can Less not feel the pain ; how not feel indignation or malevolence towards More ? Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad and knows not well what to make of it . He almost shuns their eye ; he fears they ...
... Less . How can Less not feel the pain ; how not feel indignation or malevolence towards More ? Look at those who have less faculty , and one feels sad and knows not well what to make of it . He almost shuns their eye ; he fears they ...
Page 134
... less conspicuous is the preponderance of nature over will in all practical life . There is less intention in history than we ascribe to it . We impute deep - laid far - sighted plans to Cæsar and Napoleon ; but the best of their power ...
... less conspicuous is the preponderance of nature over will in all practical life . There is less intention in history than we ascribe to it . We impute deep - laid far - sighted plans to Cæsar and Napoleon ; but the best of their power ...
Page 232
... less for every deduction from his holiness , and less for every defect of common sense . On him who scorned the world , as he said , the scorned world wreaks its revenge . He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little ...
... less for every deduction from his holiness , and less for every defect of common sense . On him who scorned the world , as he said , the scorned world wreaks its revenge . He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little ...
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