Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 48
... truth is not quite true . Their two is not the real two , their four not the real four ; so that every word they say chagrins us , and we know not where to begin to set them right . Mean- time nature is not slow to equip us in the ...
... truth is not quite true . Their two is not the real two , their four not the real four ; so that every word they say chagrins us , and we know not where to begin to set them right . Mean- time nature is not slow to equip us in the ...
Page 56
... truth and organs of its activity . When we discern justice , when we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams . If we ask whence this comes , if we seek to pry into the soul that causes , all ...
... truth and organs of its activity . When we discern justice , when we discern truth , we do nothing of ourselves , but allow a passage to its beams . If we ask whence this comes , if we seek to pry into the soul that causes , all ...
Page 60
... truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far - off remembering of the intu- ition . That thought , by what I can now nearest approach to say it , is this . When good is near you , when ...
... truth on this subject remains unsaid ; probably cannot be said ; for all that we say is the far - off remembering of the intu- ition . That thought , by what I can now nearest approach to say it , is this . When good is near you , when ...
Page 63
... truth . Check this lying hospitality and lying affection . Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , O father , O mother , O - wife , O brother , O friend , I SELF ...
... truth . Check this lying hospitality and lying affection . Live no longer to the expectation of these deceived and deceiving people with whom we converse . Say to them , O father , O mother , O - wife , O brother , O friend , I SELF ...
Page 64
... truth with me , cleave to your companions ; I will seek my own . I do this not selfishly , but humbly and truly . It is alike your in- terest , and mine , and all men's , however long we have dwelt in lies , to live in truth . Does this ...
... truth with me , cleave to your companions ; I will seek my own . I do this not selfishly , but humbly and truly . It is alike your in- terest , and mine , and all men's , however long we have dwelt in lies , to live in truth . Does this ...
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