Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 95
... of man . Every excess causes a defect ; every defect an excess . Every sweet hath its sour ; every pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse . evil its good . Every faculty which is a receiver of COMPENSATION . 95.
... of man . Every excess causes a defect ; every defect an excess . Every sweet hath its sour ; every pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse . evil its good . Every faculty which is a receiver of COMPENSATION . 95.
Page 100
... of the character . The ingenuity of man has always been dedicated to the solution of one problem , the sensual bright , etc. , from the moral sweet how to detach the sensual sweet , the sensual strong , 100 COMPENSATION .
... of the character . The ingenuity of man has always been dedicated to the solution of one problem , the sensual bright , etc. , from the moral sweet how to detach the sensual sweet , the sensual strong , 100 COMPENSATION .
Page 101
... 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 smallest success . water ...
... 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 smallest success . water ...
Page 121
... sweet , so grace- ful . But we sit and weep in vain . The voice of the Almighty saith , Up and onward for ever- more ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins . Neither will we rely on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes , like ...
... sweet , so grace- ful . But we sit and weep in vain . The voice of the Almighty saith , Up and onward for ever- more ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins . Neither will we rely on the new ; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes , like ...
Page 248
... sweet in his grave, the hope of humanity not yet subjugated in him ? Who does not sometimes envy the good and brave who are no more to suffer from the tumults of the natural world, and await with curious complacency the speedy term of ...
... sweet in his grave, the hope of humanity not yet subjugated in him ? Who does not sometimes envy the good and brave who are no more to suffer from the tumults of the natural world, and await with curious complacency the speedy term of ...
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