Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 48
... come back to us with a certain alienated maj- esty . Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this . They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good - humored in- flexibility then most when the whole ...
... come back to us with a certain alienated maj- esty . Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this . They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good - humored in- flexibility then most when the whole ...
Page 52
... vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phi- sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot as 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
... vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phi- sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot as 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 53
Ralph Waldo Emerson. sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , ' Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper ; be good - natured and modest ; have that ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , ' Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper ; be good - natured and modest ; have that ...
Page 58
... come , yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color . Leave your theory , as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by ...
... come , yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color . Leave your theory , as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot , and flee . A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds , adored by ...
Page 65
... comes , if we seek to pry into the soul that causes , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man dis- criminates between the voluntary acts of his mind and his involuntary perceptions , and ...
... comes , if we seek to pry into the soul that causes , all philosophy is at fault . Its presence or its absence is all we can affirm . Every man dis- criminates between the voluntary acts of his mind and his involuntary perceptions , and ...
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