Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 96
... fear ; I dispose of it within the circuit of my expanding life . So much only of life as I know by experience , so much of the wilderness have I vanquished and planted , or so far have I extended my being , my dominion . I do not see ...
... fear ; I dispose of it within the circuit of my expanding life . So much only of life as I know by experience , so much of the wilderness have I vanquished and planted , or so far have I extended my being , my dominion . I do not see ...
Page 97
... school and playground , the fear of boys , and dogs , and ferules , the love of little maids and berries , and many another fact that once filled VOL I. 7 the whole sky , are gone already ; friend and THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR . 97.
... school and playground , the fear of boys , and dogs , and ferules , the love of little maids and berries , and many another fact that once filled VOL I. 7 the whole sky , are gone already ; friend and THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR . 97.
Page 104
... fear is a thing which a scholar by his very function puts behind him . Fear always springs from ignorance . It is a shame to him if his tranquillity , amid dangerous times , arise from the presumption that like children and women his is ...
... fear is a thing which a scholar by his very function puts behind him . Fear always springs from ignorance . It is a shame to him if his tranquillity , amid dangerous times , arise from the presumption that like children and women his is ...
Page 109
... fear lest we should outsee nature and God , and drink truth dry ? I look upon the discontent of the literary class as a mere announcement of the fact that they find themselves not in the state of mind of their fathers , and regret the ...
... fear lest we should outsee nature and God , and drink truth dry ? I look upon the discontent of the literary class as a mere announcement of the fact that they find themselves not in the state of mind of their fathers , and regret the ...
Page 121
... fear , justice , appetite , man , and God , interact . These laws re- fuse to be adequately stated . They will not be written out on paper , or spoken by the tongue . They elude our persevering thought ; yet we read them hourly in each ...
... fear , justice , appetite , man , and God , interact . These laws re- fuse to be adequately stated . They will not be written out on paper , or spoken by the tongue . They elude our persevering thought ; yet we read them hourly in each ...
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