Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 214
... persons , or we read books , in the instinctive faith that these will call it out and reveal us to ourselves . Beggars all . The persons are such as we ; the Europe , an old faded garment of dead persons ; the books , their ghosts . Let ...
... persons , or we read books , in the instinctive faith that these will call it out and reveal us to ourselves . Beggars all . The persons are such as we ; the Europe , an old faded garment of dead persons ; the books , their ghosts . Let ...
Page 277
... persons . Childhood and youth see all the world in them . But the larger experience of man discovers the identical nature appearing through them all . Persons themselves acquaint us with the imper- sonal . In all conversation between ...
... persons . Childhood and youth see all the world in them . But the larger experience of man discovers the identical nature appearing through them all . Persons themselves acquaint us with the imper- sonal . In all conversation between ...
Page 392
... persons whom he met , whether high or low . From his childhood he copied anec- dotes of persons , and he read them to his scholars . Plutarch was his delight . Dr. Holmes interested himself in making a list of the persons most often ...
... persons whom he met , whether high or low . From his childhood he copied anec- dotes of persons , and he read them to his scholars . Plutarch was his delight . Dr. Holmes interested himself in making a list of the persons most often ...
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