Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 65
... beauty even into trivial and impure actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , of virtue , and of life , which we call Spontaneity or In- stinct . We denote ...
... beauty even into trivial and impure actions , if the least mark of independence appear ? The inquiry leads us to that source , at once the essence of genius , of virtue , and of life , which we call Spontaneity or In- stinct . We denote ...
Page 80
... beauty and lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples , and there beside me is the stern fact , the sad self , unrelenting , identi- cal , that I fled from . I seek the ...
... beauty and lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples , and there beside me is the stern fact , the sad self , unrelenting , identi- cal , that I fled from . I seek the ...
Page 81
... Beauty , convenience , grandeur of thought and quaint expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , con- sidering the climate , the soil , the ...
... Beauty , convenience , grandeur of thought and quaint expression are as near to us as to any , and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , con- sidering the climate , the soil , the ...
Page 101
... beauty . The particular man aims to be somebody ; to set up for himself ; to truck and hig- gle for a private good ; and , in particulars , to ride that he may ride ; to dress that he may be dressed ; to eat that he may eat ; and to ...
... beauty . The particular man aims to be somebody ; to set up for himself ; to truck and hig- gle for a private good ; and , in particulars , to ride that he may ride ; to dress that he may be dressed ; to eat that he may eat ; and to ...
Page 117
... beauty , when these attributes are considered in the purest sense . The soul refuses limits , and always affirms an Optimism , never a Pessimism . " " His life is a progress , and not a station . His instinct is trust . Our instinct ...
... beauty , when these attributes are considered in the purest sense . The soul refuses limits , and always affirms an Optimism , never a Pessimism . " " His life is a progress , and not a station . His instinct is trust . Our instinct ...
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