Essays: First seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 76
... relations of men ; in their religion ; in their education ; in their pursuits ; their modes of living ; their association ; in their property ; in their speculative views . 1. In what prayers do men allow themselves ! That which they ...
... relations of men ; in their religion ; in their education ; in their pursuits ; their modes of living ; their association ; in their property ; in their speculative views . 1. In what prayers do men allow themselves ! That which they ...
Page 78
... relation to the Highest . Such is Cal- vinism , Quakerism , Swedenborgism . The pupil takes the same delight in subordinating every thing to the new terminology as a girl who has just learned botany in seeing a new earth and new sea ...
... relation to the Highest . Such is Cal- vinism , Quakerism , Swedenborgism . The pupil takes the same delight in subordinating every thing to the new terminology as a girl who has just learned botany in seeing a new earth and new sea ...
Page 91
... relations , debts and credits , the influence of char- acter , the nature and endowment of all men . It seemed to me also that in it might be shown men a ray of divinity , the present action of the soul of this world , clean from all ...
... relations , debts and credits , the influence of char- acter , the nature and endowment of all men . It seemed to me also that in it might be shown men a ray of divinity , the present action of the soul of this world , clean from all ...
Page 107
... relations are speedily punished . They are pun- ished by fear . Whilst I stand in simple relations to my fellow - man , I have no displeasure in meet- ing him . We meet as water meets water , or as two currents of air mix , with perfect ...
... relations are speedily punished . They are pun- ished by fear . Whilst I stand in simple relations to my fellow - man , I have no displeasure in meet- ing him . We meet as water meets water , or as two currents of air mix , with perfect ...
Page 109
... relation to each other . He may soon come to see that he had better have broken his own bones than to have ridden in his neighbor's coach , and that " the highest price he can pay for a thing is to ask for it . " A wise man will extend ...
... relation to each other . He may soon come to see that he had better have broken his own bones than to have ridden in his neighbor's coach , and that " the highest price he can pay for a thing is to ask for it . " A wise man will extend ...
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