Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 50
... seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnec- essary . The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a din- ner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ...
... seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or bold then , he will know how to make us seniors very unnec- essary . The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a din- ner , and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say ...
Page 52
... seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child , I will live then from the Devil . " No law can be sacred to Good and bad are but me but that of my nature . names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what ...
... seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child , I will live then from the Devil . " No law can be sacred to Good and bad are but me but that of my nature . names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what ...
Page 58
... seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your mem- ory alone , scarcely even in acts of pure memory , but to bring the past for judgment into the thou- sand - eyed present , and live ever in a new day . In your metaphysics you have ...
... seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your mem- ory alone , scarcely even in acts of pure memory , but to bring the past for judgment into the thou- sand - eyed present , and live ever in a new day . In your metaphysics you have ...
Page 59
... . For of one will , the actions will be harmonious , however unlike they seem . These va- rieties are lost sight of at a little distance , at a little height of thought . One tendency unites them all . SELF - RELIANCE . 59.
... . For of one will , the actions will be harmonious , however unlike they seem . These va- rieties are lost sight of at a little distance , at a little height of thought . One tendency unites them all . SELF - RELIANCE . 59.
Page 61
... Every true man is a cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to ac- low his steps as a train of clients . A complish his design ; - and posterity seem to fol- SELF - RELIANCE . 61.
... Every true man is a cause , a country , and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to ac- low his steps as a train of clients . A complish his design ; - and posterity seem to fol- SELF - RELIANCE . 61.
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