Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 48
... better for worse as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nour- ishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till . The power which ...
... better for worse as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good , no kernel of nour- ishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till . The power which ...
Page 51
... better securing of his bread to each shareholder , to surrender the liberty and cul- ture of the eater . The virtue in most request is conformity . Self - reliance is its aversion . It loves not realities and creators , but names and ...
... better securing of his bread to each shareholder , to surrender the liberty and cul- ture of the eater . The virtue in most request is conformity . Self - reliance is its aversion . It loves not realities and creators , but names and ...
Page 53
... better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my ob- ligation to put all poor men ...
... better than whim at last , but we cannot spend the day in explanation . Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company . Then again , do not tell me , as a good man did to - day , of my ob- ligation to put all poor men ...
Page 55
... better than you know it . It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live af- ter our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence ...
... better than you know it . It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live af- ter our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence ...
Page 66
... better than the oak which is its fulness and completion ? Is the par- ent better than the child into whom he has cast his ripened being ? Whence then this worship of the past ? The centuries are conspirators against the sanity and ...
... better than the oak which is its fulness and completion ? Is the par- ent better than the child into whom he has cast his ripened being ? Whence then this worship of the past ? The centuries are conspirators against the sanity and ...
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