Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 89
... balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void , Supplemental asteroid , Or compensatory spark , Shoots across the neutral Dark . Man's the elm , and Wealth the vine , Stanch COMPENSATION •
... balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void , Supplemental asteroid , Or compensatory spark , Shoots across the neutral Dark . Man's the elm , and Wealth the vine , Stanch COMPENSATION •
Page 91
... eternal love , conversing with that which he knows was always and always must be , because it really is now . It appeared moreover that if this doctrine could be stated in terms with any resem- blance to those bright intuitions in which ...
... eternal love , conversing with that which he knows was always and always must be , because it really is now . It appeared moreover that if this doctrine could be stated in terms with any resem- blance to those bright intuitions in which ...
Page 117
... eternal account . Neither can it be said , on the other hand , that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss . There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wis- dom ; they are proper additions of being . In a vir- tuous action ...
... eternal account . Neither can it be said , on the other hand , that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss . There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wis- dom ; they are proper additions of being . In a vir- tuous action ...
Page 118
... eternal peace . I contract the boundaries of possible mischief . I learn the wisdom of St. Bernard , " Nothing can work me damage except myself ; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me , and never am a real sufferer but by my own ...
... eternal peace . I contract the boundaries of possible mischief . I learn the wisdom of St. Bernard , " Nothing can work me damage except myself ; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me , and never am a real sufferer but by my own ...
Page 123
... eternal towers ; Sole and self - commanded works , Fears not undermining days , Grows by decays , And , by the famous might that lurks In reaction and recoil , Makes flame to freeze and ice to boil ; Forging , through swart arms of ...
... eternal towers ; Sole and self - commanded works , Fears not undermining days , Grows by decays , And , by the famous might that lurks In reaction and recoil , Makes flame to freeze and ice to boil ; Forging , through swart arms of ...
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