Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 77
... seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it . " Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers . The political parties meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the concourse , and ...
... seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it . " Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers . The political parties meet in numerous conventions ; the greater the concourse , and ...
Page 88
... seek a level from their loftiest tossing , than the varieties of condition tend to equal- ize themselves . There is always some levelling circumstance that puts down the overbearing , the strong , the rich , the fortunate ...
... seek a level from their loftiest tossing , than the varieties of condition tend to equal- ize themselves . There is always some levelling circumstance that puts down the overbearing , the strong , the rich , the fortunate ...
Page 92
... seek to act partially , to sunder , to appropriate ; for example , to gratify the senses , we sever the pleasure of the senses from the needs of the character . The ingenuity of man has always been dedicated to the solution of one ...
... seek to act partially , to sunder , to appropriate ; for example , to gratify the senses , we sever the pleasure of the senses from the needs of the character . The ingenuity of man has always been dedicated to the solution of one ...
Page 93
... seek to be great ; they would have offices , wealth , power , and fame . They think that to be great is to possess one side of nature , the sweet , without the other side , the bitter . - --- This dividing and detaching is steadily ...
... seek to be great ; they would have offices , wealth , power , and fame . They think that to be great is to possess one side of nature , the sweet , without the other side , the bitter . - --- This dividing and detaching is steadily ...
Page 94
... seek to dodge , which one and another brags that he does not know ; that they do not touch him ; — but the brag is on his lips , the con- ditions are in his soul . If he escapes them in one part , they attack him in another more vital ...
... seek to dodge , which one and another brags that he does not know ; that they do not touch him ; — but the brag is on his lips , the con- ditions are in his soul . If he escapes them in one part , they attack him in another more vital ...
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