Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 54
... action , as some piece of courage or charity , much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non - appear ... actions . I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or forbear those actions which are reckoned ...
... action , as some piece of courage or charity , much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non - appear ... actions . I know that for myself it makes no difference whether I do or forbear those actions which are reckoned ...
Page 59
... actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . are . There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions , so they be each honest and natural in their hour . For of one will , the actions will be ...
... actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . are . There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions , so they be each honest and natural in their hour . For of one will , the actions will be ...
Page 60
... action will explain itself and will explain your other genuine actions . Your con- formity explains nothing . Act singly , and what you have already done singly will justify you now . Greatness appeals to the future . If I can be firm ...
... action will explain itself and will explain your other genuine actions . Your con- formity explains nothing . Act singly , and what you have already done singly will justify you now . Greatness appeals to the future . If I can be firm ...
Page 64
... action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self- trust . Who is the Trustee ? What is the aborigi- nal ... actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of ...
... action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self- trust . Who is the Trustee ? What is the aborigi- nal ... actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of ...
Page 65
... action and of thought . Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom and which cannot be denied ... actions and acquisitions are but roving ; the idlest reverie , the faintest native emotion , command my curiosity and ...
... action and of thought . Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom and which cannot be denied ... actions and acquisitions are but roving ; the idlest reverie , the faintest native emotion , command my curiosity and ...
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