Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 32
... child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms of whose influence he was merely the or- gan to the youth . The fact teaches him how ...
... child when he becomes a man , only by seeing that the oppressor of his youth is himself a child tyrannized over by those names and words and forms of whose influence he was merely the or- gan to the youth . The fact teaches him how ...
Page 40
... child predict the re- finements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall ...
... child predict the re- finements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall ...
Page 41
... child predict the re- finements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall ...
... child predict the re- finements and decorations of civil society ? Here also we are reminded of the action of man on man . A mind might ponder its thoughts for ages and not gain so much self - knowledge as the passion of love shall ...
Page 43
... into nature . The idiot , the Indian , the child and unschooled farmer's boy stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read , than the dissector or the antiquary . SELF - RELIANCE . " Ne te quæsiveris extra . HISTORY . 43.
... into nature . The idiot , the Indian , the child and unschooled farmer's boy stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read , than the dissector or the antiquary . SELF - RELIANCE . " Ne te quæsiveris extra . HISTORY . 43.
Page 49
... mighty effort and advancing on Chaos and the Dark . What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text in the face and behavior of children , babes , and even brutes ! That divided and rebel mind , that VOL . II 4 SELF - RELIANCE . 49.
... mighty effort and advancing on Chaos and the Dark . What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text in the face and behavior of children , babes , and even brutes ! That divided and rebel mind , that VOL . II 4 SELF - RELIANCE . 49.
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