Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 42
... pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift , summary way of boys , as good , bad , in- teresting , silly , eloquent , troublesome . He cumbers himself never about consequences , about interests : he gives an ...
... pass by , he tries and sentences them on their merits , in the swift , summary way of boys , as good , bad , in- teresting , silly , eloquent , troublesome . He cumbers himself never about consequences , about interests : he gives an ...
Page 43
... pass again into his neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges , and having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , un- bribable , unaffrighted innocence , must always be for- midable . He would utter opinions on ...
... pass again into his neutrality ! Who can thus avoid all pledges , and having observed , observe again from the same unaffected , unbiased , un- bribable , unaffrighted innocence , must always be for- midable . He would utter opinions on ...
Page 44
... pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , ' Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - natured and modest 44 ...
... pass ? If an angry bigot assumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to me with his last news from Barbadoes , why should I not say to him , ' Go love thy infant ; love thy wood - chopper : be good - natured and modest 44 ...
Page 51
... pass for what we are . Character teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they communi- cate their virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . There will be an agreement in ...
... pass for what we are . Character teaches above our wills . Men imagine that they communi- cate their virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . There will be an agreement in ...
Page 57
... the centre of the present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , means , teachers , - texts , temples fall ; it lives now , SELF - RELIANCE . 57.
... the centre of the present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , means , teachers , - texts , temples fall ; it lives now , SELF - RELIANCE . 57.
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