Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 67
... teacher shall restore the life of man to splendor , and make his name dear to all history . - It is easy to see that a greater self - reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and rela- tions of men ; in their religion ; in ...
... teacher shall restore the life of man to splendor , and make his name dear to all history . - It is easy to see that a greater self - reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and rela- tions of men ; in their religion ; in ...
Page 73
... teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till that person has exhibited it . Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin , or Washington , or Bacon , or Newton ...
... teach him . No man yet knows what it is , nor can , till that person has exhibited it . Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin , or Washington , or Bacon , or Newton ...
Page 84
... teaching ? What did the preacher mean by saying that the good are miserable in the present life ? Was it that houses and lands , offices , wine , horses , dress , luxury , are had by unprincipled men , whilst the saints are poor and ...
... teaching ? What did the preacher mean by saying that the good are miserable in the present life ? Was it that houses and lands , offices , wine , horses , dress , luxury , are had by unprincipled men , whilst the saints are poor and ...
Page 97
... , and the college deny , is hourly preached in all markets and workshops by flights of proverbs , whose teaching is as true and as omni- present as that of birds and flies . - - - -- All things are double , one 7 COMPENSATION . 97.
... , and the college deny , is hourly preached in all markets and workshops by flights of proverbs , whose teaching is as true and as omni- present as that of birds and flies . - - - -- All things are double , one 7 COMPENSATION . 97.
Page 100
... teaches , that there is He is a carrion crow , what he hovers for , instructer of great sagacity , and the herald of all revolutions . One thing he rottenness where he appears . and though you see not well there is death somewhere . Our ...
... teaches , that there is He is a carrion crow , what he hovers for , instructer of great sagacity , and the herald of all revolutions . One thing he rottenness where he appears . and though you see not well there is death somewhere . Our ...
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