Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 25
... seen the first monks and anchorets without crossing seas or centuries . More than once some individual has appeared to me with such negligence of labor and such commanding contemplation , a haughty beneficiary , begging in the name of ...
... seen the first monks and anchorets without crossing seas or centuries . More than once some individual has appeared to me with such negligence of labor and such commanding contemplation , a haughty beneficiary , begging in the name of ...
Page 43
... seen to be not private , but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society ...
... seen to be not private , but necessary , would sink like darts into the ear of men , and put them in fear . These are the voices which we hear in solitude , but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world . Society ...
Page 57
... seen it before me . For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . - The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should commu ...
... seen it before me . For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . - The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should commu ...
Page 92
... seen by the soul . The retri- bution in the circumstance is seen by the under- standing ; it is inseparable from the thing , but is often spread over a long time , and so does not become distinct until after many years . The spe- cific ...
... seen by the soul . The retri- bution in the circumstance is seen by the under- standing ; it is inseparable from the thing , but is often spread over a long time , and so does not become distinct until after many years . The spe- cific ...
Page 93
... seen . Men 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 ...
... seen . Men 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 ...
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