Essays: First Series ; Second SeriesAlden, 1892 - 396 pages |
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Page 48
... manner all public facts are to be individualized , all private facts are to be generalized . Then at once History becomes fluid and true , and Biography deep and sub- lime . As the Persian imitated in the slender shafts and capitals of ...
... manner all public facts are to be individualized , all private facts are to be generalized . Then at once History becomes fluid and true , and Biography deep and sub- lime . As the Persian imitated in the slender shafts and capitals of ...
Page 50
... manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for per- sonal qualities ; courage , address , self - com- mand , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud voice , a broad chest . Luxury is not known , nor ...
... manners of that period are plain and fierce . The reverence exhibited is for per- sonal qualities ; courage , address , self - com- mand , justice , strength , swiftness , a loud voice , a broad chest . Luxury is not known , nor ...
Page 52
... manners is that they belong to man , and are known to every man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a ...
... manners is that they belong to man , and are known to every man in virtue of his being once a child ; besides that there are always individuals who retain these characteristics . A person of childlike genius and inborn energy is still a ...
Page 95
... manner the reformers summon conventions and vote and resolve in multitude . But not so , O friends ! will the God deign to enter and inhabit you , but by a method precisely the reverse . It is only as ' a man puts off from himself all ...
... manner the reformers summon conventions and vote and resolve in multitude . But not so , O friends ! will the God deign to enter and inhabit you , but by a method precisely the reverse . It is only as ' a man puts off from himself all ...
Page 97
... hearing a sermon at church . The preacher , a man esteemed for his orthodoxy , unfolded in the ordinary manner the doctrine of the Last Judgment . He assumed that judgment is not executed in this world ; that the wicked COMPENSATION,
... hearing a sermon at church . The preacher , a man esteemed for his orthodoxy , unfolded in the ordinary manner the doctrine of the Last Judgment . He assumed that judgment is not executed in this world ; that the wicked COMPENSATION,
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