Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 46
... Virtues are , in the popular estimate , rather the ex- ception than the rule . There is the man and his virtues . Men do what is called a good action , as some piece of courage or charity , much as they would pay a fine in expiation of ...
... Virtues are , in the popular estimate , rather the ex- ception than the rule . There is the man and his virtues . Men do what is called a good action , as some piece of courage or charity , much as they would pay a fine in expiation of ...
Page 51
... virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions , so they be each honest and natural in their hour . For of one will , the ...
... virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions , so they be each honest and natural in their hour . For of one will , the ...
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... virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on the ...
... virtue work their health into this . What makes the majesty of the heroes of the senate and the field , which so fills the imagination ? The consciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on the ...
Page 53
... virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as , Monachism , of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation , of Luther ; · Quakerism , of Fox ; Methodism , of Wesley SELF - RELIANCE . 53.
... virtue and the possible of man . An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as , Monachism , of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation , of Luther ; · Quakerism , of Fox ; Methodism , of Wesley SELF - RELIANCE . 53.
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... virtue ? As great a stake depends on your private act to - day , as followed their public and renowned steps . When private men shall act with original views , the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of ...
... virtue ? As great a stake depends on your private act to - day , as followed their public and renowned steps . When private men shall act with original views , the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of ...
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