Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 83
... the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill . Our day of dependence , our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands , draws to a close . The mil- lions that around us are rushing into life , cannot.
... the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill . Our day of dependence , our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands , draws to a close . The mil- lions that around us are rushing into life , cannot.
Page 130
... land and professions , but even virtue and truth foreclosed and monopolized . You shall not be a man even . You shall not own the world ; you shall not dare and live after the infinite Law that is in you , and in company with the ...
... land and professions , but even virtue and truth foreclosed and monopolized . You shall not be a man even . You shall not own the world ; you shall not dare and live after the infinite Law that is in you , and in company with the ...
Page 135
... land , wife and child ? Where shall I hear these august laws of moral be- ing so pronounced as to fill my ear , and I feel en- nobled by the offer of my uttermost action and pas- sion ? The test of the true faith , certainly , should be ...
... land , wife and child ? Where shall I hear these august laws of moral be- ing so pronounced as to fill my ear , and I feel en- nobled by the offer of my uttermost action and pas- sion ? The test of the true faith , certainly , should be ...
Page 178
... land and money , place and name . ' What is this Truth you seek ? what is this Beauty ? ' men will ask , with derision . If nevertheless God have called any of you to explore truth and beauty , be bold , be firm , 178 LITERARY ETHICS .
... land and money , place and name . ' What is this Truth you seek ? what is this Beauty ? ' men will ask , with derision . If nevertheless God have called any of you to explore truth and beauty , be bold , be firm , 178 LITERARY ETHICS .
Page 179
... land and let learning and romantic ex- pectations go , until a more convenient season ; ' then dies the man in you ; then once more perish the buds of art , and poetry , and science , as they have died already in a thousand thousand men ...
... land and let learning and romantic ex- pectations go , until a more convenient season ; ' then dies the man in you ; then once more perish the buds of art , and poetry , and science , as they have died already in a thousand thousand men ...
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