Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 66
... seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should com- municate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the centre of the ...
... seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should com- municate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the centre of the ...
Page 67
... seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should com- municate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the centre of the ...
... seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should com- municate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light , nature , time , souls , from the centre of the ...
Page 72
... love me for what I am , we shall be the happier . If you cannot , I will still seek to deserve that you should . I will that what is deep is holy , that I will not hide my tastes or aversions . I will so trust 72 SELF - RELIANCE .
... love me for what I am , we shall be the happier . If you cannot , I will still seek to deserve that you should . I will that what is deep is holy , that I will not hide my tastes or aversions . I will so trust 72 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 73
... seek my own . I do this not selfishly but humbly and truly . It is alike your interest , and mine , and all men's , however long we have dwelt in lies , to live in truth . Does this sound harsh to - day ? You will soon love what is ...
... seek my own . I do this not selfishly but humbly and truly . It is alike your interest , and mine , and all men's , however long we have dwelt in lies , to live in truth . Does this sound harsh to - day ? You will soon love what is ...
Page 80
... seek the Vatican and the palaces . I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions , but I am not intoxicated . My giant goes with me wherever I go . 3. But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting ...
... seek the Vatican and the palaces . I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions , but I am not intoxicated . My giant goes with me wherever I go . 3. But the rage of travelling is a symptom of a deeper unsoundness affecting ...
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