Essays, Volume 1H.M. Caldwell Company, 1870 |
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Page 56
... common day's work : but the things of life are the same to both : the sum total of both is the same . Why all this deference to Alfred and Scanderbeg and Gustavus ? Suppose they were virtuous ; did they wear out virtue ? As great a ...
... common day's work : but the things of life are the same to both : the sum total of both is the same . Why all this deference to Alfred and Scanderbeg and Gustavus ? Suppose they were virtuous ; did they wear out virtue ? As great a ...
Page 57
... common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not how , in the soul , is not diverse from things , from space , from light , from time , from man , but one with them and pro- ceedeth obviously from the same ...
... common origin . For the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not how , in the soul , is not diverse from things , from space , from light , from time , from man , but one with them and pro- ceedeth obviously from the same ...
Page 65
... him keep its commandment one day . And truly it demands something godlike in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity and has ventured to trust himself for a task - master . High be his heart , faithful 5 Self - Reliance . 65.
... him keep its commandment one day . And truly it demands something godlike in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity and has ventured to trust himself for a task - master . High be his heart , faithful 5 Self - Reliance . 65.
Page 98
... common want . It is best to pay in your land a skillful gar- dener , or to buy good sense applied to gardening ; in your sailor , good sense applied to navigation ; in the house , good sense applied to cooking , sew- ing , serving ; in ...
... common want . It is best to pay in your land a skillful gar- dener , or to buy good sense applied to gardening ; in your sailor , good sense applied to navigation ; in the house , good sense applied to cooking , sew- ing , serving ; in ...
Page 119
... common men , " is fanaticism , and betrays obtuseness to perceive that there is one mind in all the individuals , and no respect of persons therein . By doing his work he makes the need felt which Spiritual Laws . 119.
... common men , " is fanaticism , and betrays obtuseness to perceive that there is one mind in all the individuals , and no respect of persons therein . By doing his work he makes the need felt which Spiritual Laws . 119.
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