Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 42
... stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next room his voice is suffi- ciently clear and emphatic . It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or ...
... stand by itself . Do not think the youth has no force , because he cannot speak to you and me . Hark ! in the next room his voice is suffi- ciently clear and emphatic . It seems he knows how to speak to his contemporaries . Bashful or ...
Page 45
... ; the building of meeting - houses to the vain end to which many now stand ; alms to sots ; and the thousand- fold Relief Societies ; though I confess with shame - I sometimes succumb and give the dollar , it is SELF - RELIANCE . 45.
... ; the building of meeting - houses to the vain end to which many now stand ; alms to sots ; and the thousand- fold Relief Societies ; though I confess with shame - I sometimes succumb and give the dollar , it is SELF - RELIANCE . 45.
Page 53
... stand here for humanity , and though I would make it kind , I would make it true . Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times , and hurl in the face of custom , and trade , and office , the ...
... stand here for humanity , and though I would make it kind , I would make it true . Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times , and hurl in the face of custom , and trade , and office , the ...
Page 59
... stands on titpoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present , above time . ― This should be plain enough . Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself , unless he ...
... stands on titpoe to foresee the future . He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present , above time . ― This should be plain enough . Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself , unless he ...
Page 62
... stand in awe of man , nor is his genius admonished to stay at home , to put itself in communication with the inter- nal ocean , but it goes abroad to beg a cup of water of the urns of other men . We must go alone . I like the silent ...
... stand in awe of man , nor is his genius admonished to stay at home , to put itself in communication with the inter- nal ocean , but it goes abroad to beg a cup of water of the urns of other men . We must go alone . I like the silent ...
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