Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 69
... present , and what is called life and what is called death . Life only avails , not the having lived . Power ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the mo- ment of transition from a past to a new state , in the shooting of the ...
... present , and what is called life and what is called death . Life only avails , not the having lived . Power ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the mo- ment of transition from a past to a new state , in the shooting of the ...
Page 74
... present aspects of what is called by distinction society , he will see the need of these ethics . The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out , and we are become timorous , de- sponding whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid ...
... present aspects of what is called by distinction society , he will see the need of these ethics . The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out , and we are become timorous , de- sponding whimperers . We are afraid of truth , afraid ...
Page 81
... present every moment with the cumu- lative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extem- poraneous half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can teach him ...
... present every moment with the cumu- lative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extem- poraneous half possession . That which each can do best , none but his Maker can teach him ...
Page 91
... present action of the soul of this world , clean from all vestige of tradition ; and so the heart of man might be bathed by an inun- dation of eternal love , conversing with that which he knows was always and always must be , because it ...
... present action of the soul of this world , clean from all vestige of tradition ; and so the heart of man might be bathed by an inun- dation of eternal love , conversing with that which he knows was always and always must be , because it ...
Page 92
... present life ? Was it that houses and lands , offices , wine , horses , dress , luxury , are had by unprincipled men , whilst the saints are poor and despised ; and that a compensation is to be made to these last hereafter , by giving ...
... present life ? Was it that houses and lands , offices , wine , horses , dress , luxury , are had by unprincipled men , whilst the saints are poor and despised ; and that a compensation is to be made to these last hereafter , by giving ...
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