Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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... light of all our day , the claim of claims ; the plea for educa- tion , for justice , for charity , the foundation of friendship and love , and of the heroism and gran- deur which belongs to acts of self - reliance . HISTORY . 9.
... light of all our day , the claim of claims ; the plea for educa- tion , for justice , for charity , the foundation of friendship and love , and of the heroism and gran- deur which belongs to acts of self - reliance . HISTORY . 9.
Page 11
... lights of the firma- ment . These hints , dropped as it were from sleep and night , let us use in broad day . The student is to read history actively and not passively ; to esteem his own life the text , and books the com- mentary ...
... lights of the firma- ment . These hints , dropped as it were from sleep and night , let us use in broad day . The student is to read history actively and not passively ; to esteem his own life the text , and books the com- mentary ...
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... light and of the world . I remem- ber that being abroad one summer day , my com- panion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite accurately in the form of a cherub as ...
... light and of the world . I remem- ber that being abroad one summer day , my com- panion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite accurately in the form of a cherub as ...
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... light by which man is truly man . But if the man is true to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts ...
... light by which man is truly man . But if the man is true to his better instincts or sentiments , and refuses the dominion of facts , as one that comes of a higher race , remains fast by the soul and sees the principle , then the facts ...
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... light ? the ear of Handel predict the witchcraft of harmonic sound ? Do not the constructive fingers of Watt , Fulton , Whittemore . Arkwright predict the fusible , hard , and temperable texture of metals , the properties of stone ...
... light ? the ear of Handel predict the witchcraft of harmonic sound ? Do not the constructive fingers of Watt , Fulton , Whittemore . Arkwright predict the fusible , hard , and temperable texture of metals , the properties of stone ...
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