Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 47
... Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost , and our first thought is ren- dered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judg- ment . Familiar as the voice of the ...
... Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost , and our first thought is ren- dered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judg- ment . Familiar as the voice of the ...
Page 50
... speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic . It 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 ...
... speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next room his voice is sufficiently clear and emphatic . It 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 ...
Page 52
... upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phi- sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot as 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
... upright and vital , and speak the rude truth in all ways . If malice and vanity wear the coat of phi- sumes this bountiful cause of Abolition , and comes to lanthropy , shall that pass ? If an angry bigot as 52 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 58
... Speak what you think now in hard words and to - morrow speak what to - morrow thinks in hard words again , though it contradict every thing you said to - day . Ah , so you shall be sure to be misunderstood . ' - Is it so bad then to be ...
... Speak what you think now in hard words and to - morrow speak what to - morrow thinks in hard words again , though it contradict every thing you said to - day . Ah , so you shall be sure to be misunderstood . ' - Is it so bad then to be ...
Page 66
... speak of God and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mould- ered nation in another country , in another world , believe him not . Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fulness and completion ? Is the par- ent ...
... speak of God and carries you backward to the phraseology of some old mould- ered nation in another country , in another world , believe him not . Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fulness and completion ? Is the par- ent ...
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