Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 75
... lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges and is not installed in an office within one year afterwards in the cities or suburbs of Boston or New York , it ...
... lose all heart . If the young merchant fails , men say he is ruined . If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges and is not installed in an office within one year afterwards in the cities or suburbs of Boston or New York , it ...
Page 76
... loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and mediatorial and mi- raculous . Prayer that craves a particular commod- ity , anything less than all good , is vicious . Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life ...
... loses itself in endless mazes of natural and supernatural , and mediatorial and mi- raculous . Prayer that craves a particular commod- ity , anything less than all good , is vicious . Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life ...
Page 80
... lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples , and there beside me is the stern fact , the sad self , unrelenting , identi- cal , that I fled from . I seek the Vatican and the ...
... lose my sadness . I pack my trunk , embrace my friends , embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples , and there beside me is the stern fact , the sad self , unrelenting , identi- cal , that I fled from . I seek the Vatican and the ...
Page 83
... loses old instincts . tween the well - clad , reading , writing , thinking American , with a watch , a pencil and a bill of ex- change in his pocket , and the naked New Zea- lander , whose property is a club , a spear , a mat and an ...
... loses old instincts . tween the well - clad , reading , writing , thinking American , with a watch , a pencil and a bill of ex- change in his pocket , and the naked New Zea- lander , whose property is a club , a spear , a mat and an ...
Page 87
... lose all , as her wheel rolls . But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chan- cellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit ...
... lose all , as her wheel rolls . But do thou leave as unlawful these winnings , and deal with Cause and Effect , the chan- cellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit ...
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