Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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Page 70
... virtue . We do not yet see that virtue is Height , and that a man or a company of men , plastic and permeable to principles , by the law of nature must overpower and ride all cities , nations , kings , rich men , poets , who are not ...
... virtue . We do not yet see that virtue is Height , and that a man or a company of men , plastic and permeable to principles , by the law of nature must overpower and ride all cities , nations , kings , rich men , poets , who are not ...
Page 122
... virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they are proper additions of being . In a virtuous action I properly am ; in a virtuous act I add to the world ; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing and see the darkness receding on the ...
... virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they are proper additions of being . In a virtuous action I properly am ; in a virtuous act I add to the world ; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing and see the darkness receding on the ...
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... virtue , but into the region of all the virtues . They are in the spirit which contains them all . ' The soul requires purity , but purity is not it ; requires justice , but justice is not that ; requires beneficence , but is somewhat ...
... virtue , but into the region of all the virtues . They are in the spirit which contains them all . ' The soul requires purity , but purity is not it ; requires justice , but justice is not that ; requires beneficence , but is somewhat ...
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