Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 67
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on tiptoe to fore- see the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on tiptoe to fore- see the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
Page 67
... 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 , and absorbs past and future into the present ...
... 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 , and absorbs past and future into the present ...
Page 67
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on tiptoe to fore- see the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
... present , but with reverted eye laments the past , or , heedless of the riches that surround him , stands on tiptoe to fore- see the future . He cannot be happy and strong un- til he too lives with nature in the present , above time ...
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 ...
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