Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 71
... hours , we feel that duty is our place . The soul is no traveller ; the wise man stays at home , and when his necessities , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home still , and shall ...
... hours , we feel that duty is our place . The soul is no traveller ; the wise man stays at home , and when his necessities , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home still , and shall ...
Page 74
... support of muscle . He has a fine Geneva watch , but he fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun . A Greenwich nautical almanac he has , and so being sure of the information when he wants it , the man in the street does 74 ESSAY II .
... support of muscle . He has a fine Geneva watch , but he fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun . A Greenwich nautical almanac he has , and so being sure of the information when he wants it , the man in the street does 74 ESSAY II .
Page 84
... hours and crook- ed passages in our journey that would not suffer us to lose our way . I was lately confirmed in these desires by hearing a sermon at church . The preacher , a man esteemed for his orthodoxy , unfolded in the ordinary ...
... hours and crook- ed passages in our journey that would not suffer us to lose our way . I was lately confirmed in these desires by hearing a sermon at church . The preacher , a man esteemed for his orthodoxy , unfolded in the ordinary ...
Page 107
... hour of activi- ty is night . Its actions are insane like its whole constitution . It persecutes a principle ; it ... Hours of sanity and consideration are always arriving to com- munities , as to individuals , when the truth is seen ...
... hour of activi- ty is night . Its actions are insane like its whole constitution . It persecutes a principle ; it ... Hours of sanity and consideration are always arriving to com- munities , as to individuals , when the truth is seen ...
Page 113
... hours , Builds therewith 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 ...
... hours , Builds therewith 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 ...
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