Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 80
... hope of finding somewhat greater than he knows . He who travels to be amused , or to get somewhat which he does not carry , travels away from himself , and grows old even in youth among old things . In Thebes , in Palmyra , his will and ...
... hope of finding somewhat greater than he knows . He who travels to be amused , or to get somewhat which he does not carry , travels away from himself , and grows old even in youth among old things . In Thebes , in Palmyra , his will and ...
Page 81
... hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , con- sidering the climate , the soil , the length of the day , the wants of the people , the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find ...
... hope and love the precise thing to be done by him , con- sidering the climate , the soil , the length of the day , the wants of the people , the habit and form of the government , he will create a house in which all these will find ...
Page 82
... hope too much or dare too much . There is at this mo- ment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses or Dante , but dif- ferent from all these . Not ...
... hope too much or dare too much . There is at this mo- ment for you an utterance brave and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias , or trowel of the Egyptians , or the pen of Moses or Dante , but dif- ferent from all these . Not ...
Page 131
... hope , knowing that the perception of the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and reputations with our fluid consciousness . We pass in the world for sects ...
... hope , knowing that the perception of the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and reputations with our fluid consciousness . We pass in the world for sects ...
Page 131
... hope , knowing that the perception of the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and reputations with our fluid consciousness . We pass in the world for sects ...
... hope , knowing that the perception of the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth . The wild fertility of nature is felt in comparing our rigid names and reputations with our fluid consciousness . We pass in the world for sects ...
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