Essays: First SeriesH. Altemus, 1899 - 322 pages |
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Page 48
... societies and dead institutions . Every decent and well - spoken individual affects and sways me more than is right . I ought to go up- right and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of ...
... societies and dead institutions . Every decent and well - spoken individual affects and sways me more than is right . I ought to go up- right and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of ...
Page 51
... Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base housekeepers , - under all these screens , I have difficulty to detect the precise man you are . And , of course , so much force is ...
... Society , vote with a great party either for the Government or against it , spread your table like base housekeepers , - under all these screens , I have difficulty to detect the precise man you are . And , of course , so much force is ...
Page 53
... society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment . The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or ...
... society is made to growl and mow , it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of no concernment . The other terror that scares us from self - trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or ...
Page 56
... society reminds us of some- what else or of some other person . Character , reality , reminds you of nothing else . It takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indif- ferent , 56 ...
... society reminds us of some- what else or of some other person . Character , reality , reminds you of nothing else . It takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indif- ferent , 56 ...
Page 65
... society . I like the si- lent church before the service begins , better than any preaching . How far off , how cool , how chaste the persons look , begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary . So let us always sit . Why should we ...
... society . I like the si- lent church before the service begins , better than any preaching . How far off , how cool , how chaste the persons look , begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary . So let us always sit . Why should we ...
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