Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 93
... leaves the doctrine behind him in his own experience , and all men feel sometimes the falsehood which they cannot demonstrate . For men are wiser than they know . That which they hear in schools and pulpits without afterthought , if ...
... leaves the doctrine behind him in his own experience , and all men feel sometimes the falsehood which they cannot demonstrate . For men are wiser than they know . That which they hear in schools and pulpits without afterthought , if ...
Page 101
... leave it bottomless ; to get a one end , without an other end . The soul says , Eat ; ' the body would feast . The soul says , ' The man and woman shall be one flesh and one soul ; ' the body would join the flesh only . The soul says ...
... leave it bottomless ; to get a one end , without an other end . The soul says , Eat ; ' the body would feast . The soul says , ' The man and woman shall be one flesh and one soul ; ' the body would join the flesh only . The soul says ...
Page 107
... leave out their heart , you shall lose your own . The senses would make things of all persons ; of women , of children , of the poor . The vulgar proverb , " I will get it from his purse or get it from his skin , " is sound philosophy ...
... leave out their heart , you shall lose your own . The senses would make things of all persons ; of women , of children , of the poor . The vulgar proverb , " I will get it from his purse or get it from his skin , " is sound philosophy ...
Page 112
... leave no inlet or clew . Some damn- ing circumstance always transpires . The laws and substances of nature , water , snow , wind , gravita- tion , become penalties to the thief . - On the other hand the law holds with equal sure- ness ...
... leave no inlet or clew . Some damn- ing circumstance always transpires . The laws and substances of nature , water , snow , wind , gravita- tion , become penalties to the thief . - On the other hand the law holds with equal sure- ness ...
Page 136
... leaves ; let him scatter them on every wind as the momentary signs of his infin- ite productiveness . He may have his own . A man's genius , the quality that differences him from every other , the susceptibility to one class of ...
... leaves ; let him scatter them on every wind as the momentary signs of his infin- ite productiveness . He may have his own . A man's genius , the quality that differences him from every other , the susceptibility to one class of ...
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