Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 57
... side , the permitted side , not as a man , but as a parish minister ? He is a retained attorney , and these airs of the bench are the empti- est affectation . Well , most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief , and ...
... side , the permitted side , not as a man , but as a parish minister ? He is a retained attorney , and these airs of the bench are the empti- est affectation . Well , most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief , and ...
Page 82
... Society never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other . It undergoes is christianized , it is rich , it is scientific continual changes ; it is barbarous , it is civilized , it 82 SELF - RELIANCE .
... Society never advances . It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other . It undergoes is christianized , it is rich , it is scientific continual changes ; it is barbarous , it is civilized , it 82 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 101
... side of nature , sweet , without the other side , the bitter . be seen . offices , wealth , power and fame . the This dividing and detaching is steadily counter- acted . Up to this day it must be owned no pro- jector has had the ...
... side of nature , sweet , without the other side , the bitter . be seen . offices , wealth , power and fame . the This dividing and detaching is steadily counter- acted . Up to this day it must be owned no pro- jector has had the ...
Page 112
... sides of an algebraic equation . The good man has absolute good , which like fire turns every thing to its own nature , so that you cannot do him any harm ; but as the royal armies sent against Na- poleon , when he approached cast down ...
... sides of an algebraic equation . The good man has absolute good , which like fire turns every thing to its own nature , so that you cannot do him any harm ; but as the royal armies sent against Na- poleon , when he approached cast down ...
Page 113
... real skill . The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants . It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point . The wound cica- trizes and falls off from him like a dead skin VOL . II . 8 COMPENSATION . 113.
... real skill . The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants . It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point . The wound cica- trizes and falls off from him like a dead skin VOL . II . 8 COMPENSATION . 113.
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