Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 65
... common motives of humanity , and has ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster . High be his heart , faithful his will , clear his sight , that he may in good earnest be doctrine , society , law , to himself , that a simple purpose may ...
... common motives of humanity , and has ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster . High be his heart , faithful his will , clear his sight , that he may in good earnest be doctrine , society , law , to himself , that a simple purpose may ...
Page 102
... common want . It is best to pay in your land a skilful gardener , or to buy good sense applied to gardening ; in your sailor , good sense applied to navigation ; in the house , good sense applied to cooking , sewing , serving ; in your ...
... common want . It is best to pay in your land a skilful gardener , or to buy good sense applied to gardening ; in your sailor , good sense applied to navigation ; in the house , good sense applied to cooking , sewing , serving ; in your ...
Page 126
... another call , a summons by name and personal election and outward " signs that mark him extraordinary , and not in the roll of common men , " is fanaticism , and betrays obtuse- ness to perceive that there is one mind in all 126 ESSAY IV .
... another call , a summons by name and personal election and outward " signs that mark him extraordinary , and not in the roll of common men , " is fanaticism , and betrays obtuse- ness to perceive that there is one mind in all 126 ESSAY IV .
Page 127
... common experience is , that the man fits himself as well as he can to the customary de- tails of that work or trade he falls into , and tends it as a dog turns a spit . Then is he a part of the machine he moves ; the manage to ...
... common experience is , that the man fits himself as well as he can to the customary de- tails of that work or trade he falls into , and tends it as a dog turns a spit . Then is he a part of the machine he moves ; the manage to ...
Page 144
... Common men are apologies for men ; they bow the head , excuse themselves with prolix reasons , and accumulate appearances , because the substance is not . We are full of these superstitions of sense , the worship of magnitude . We call ...
... Common men are apologies for men ; they bow the head , excuse themselves with prolix reasons , and accumulate appearances , because the substance is not . We are full of these superstitions of sense , the worship of magnitude . We call ...
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