Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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... man . Epoch after epoch , camp , kingdom , empire , republic , democracy , are merely the application of his manifold ... man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the key to that era . Every reform was once a ...
... man . Epoch after epoch , camp , kingdom , empire , republic , democracy , are merely the application of his manifold ... man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the key to that era . Every reform was once a ...
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... man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the inde- pendence of solitude . The objection to ... man's - buff is this game of conformity . If I know your sect I anticipate your argument . I hear a preacher ...
... man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the inde- pendence of solitude . The objection to ... man's - buff is this game of conformity . If I know your sect I anticipate your argument . I hear a preacher ...
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... Man's life is a progress , and not a station . His instinct is trust . Our instinct uses " more " and " less " in application to man , of the presence of the soul , and not of its absence ; the brave man is greater than the coward ; the ...
... Man's life is a progress , and not a station . His instinct is trust . Our instinct uses " more " and " less " in application to man , of the presence of the soul , and not of its absence ; the brave man is greater than the coward ; the ...
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