Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 141
... poor and the rich , the learned and the ignorant , young and old , should meet one day as fellows in one house , in sign of an equal right in the soul , has come to be a paramount motive for going thither . My friends , in these two ...
... poor and the rich , the learned and the ignorant , young and old , should meet one day as fellows in one house , in sign of an equal right in the soul , has come to be a paramount motive for going thither . My friends , in these two ...
Page 176
... poor , igno- rant man , in a white - seamed , rusty coat , like them- selves , nowise emitting a continuous stream of light , but now and then a jet of luminous thought followed by total darkness ; moreover , that he can- 176 LITERARY ...
... poor , igno- rant man , in a white - seamed , rusty coat , like them- selves , nowise emitting a continuous stream of light , but now and then a jet of luminous thought followed by total darkness ; moreover , that he can- 176 LITERARY ...
Page 204
... poor bitter things when prose- cuted for themselves as an end . To every reform , in proportion to its energy , early disgusts are inci- dent , so that the disciple is surprised at the very hour of his first triumphs with chagrins , and ...
... poor bitter things when prose- cuted for themselves as an end . To every reform , in proportion to its energy , early disgusts are inci- dent , so that the disciple is surprised at the very hour of his first triumphs with chagrins , and ...
Page 237
... poor man beside me . And if , at the same time , a woman or a child discovers a sentiment of piety , or a juster way of thinking than mine , I ought to confess it by my respect and obedience , though it go to alter my whole way of life ...
... poor man beside me . And if , at the same time , a woman or a child discovers a sentiment of piety , or a juster way of thinking than mine , I ought to confess it by my respect and obedience , though it go to alter my whole way of life ...
Page 241
... poor man , and all voices must speak for him . Every child that is born must have a just chance for his bread . Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich , not from the grasping of the poor ...
... poor man , and all voices must speak for him . Every child that is born must have a just chance for his bread . Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich , not from the grasping of the poor ...
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