Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 65
... perfect cir- cle . It denies the name of duty to many offices that are called duties . But if I can discharge its debts , it enables me to dispense with the popular code . If any one imagines that this law is lax , let him keep its ...
... perfect cir- cle . It denies the name of duty to many offices that are called duties . But if I can discharge its debts , it enables me to dispense with the popular code . If any one imagines that this law is lax , let him keep its ...
Page 66
... perfect persons . We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state , but we see that most natures are insol- vent , cannot satisfy their own wants , have an am- bition out of all proportion to their practical force ...
... perfect persons . We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state , but we see that most natures are insol- vent , cannot satisfy their own wants , have an am- bition out of all proportion to their practical force ...
Page 76
... perfect army , says Las Casas , " without abolishing our arms , magazines , commissaries , and carriages , until , in imitation of the Roman custom , the soldier should receive his supply of corn , grind it in his hand - mill , and bake ...
... perfect army , says Las Casas , " without abolishing our arms , magazines , commissaries , and carriages , until , in imitation of the Roman custom , the soldier should receive his supply of corn , grind it in his hand - mill , and bake ...
Page 91
... perfect for being little . Eyes , ears , taste , smell , motion , resistance , appetite , and organs of reproduc- tion that take hold on eternity , all find room to consist in the small creature . So do we put our life into every act ...
... perfect for being little . Eyes , ears , taste , smell , motion , resistance , appetite , and organs of reproduc- tion that take hold on eternity , all find room to consist in the small creature . So do we put our life into every act ...
Page 99
... perfect diffusion and interpenetration of nature . But as soon as there is any departure from simplicity , and attempt at halfness , or good for me that is not good for him , my neighbour feels the wrong ; he shrinks from me as far as I ...
... perfect diffusion and interpenetration of nature . But as soon as there is any departure from simplicity , and attempt at halfness , or good for me that is not good for him , my neighbour feels the wrong ; he shrinks from me as far as I ...
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