Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 37
... virtues of minerals , of understanding the voices of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right direction . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the ...
... virtues of minerals , of understanding the voices of birds , are the obscure efforts of the mind in a right direction . The preternatural prowess of the hero , the gift of perpetual youth , and the like , are alike the endeavor of the ...
Page 51
... virtue in most request is conformity . Self - reliance is its aversion . It loves not realities and creators , but names and customs . ist . He who would gather immortal palms must not Whoso would be a man , must be a nonconform- SELF ...
... virtue in most request is conformity . Self - reliance is its aversion . It loves not realities and creators , but names and customs . ist . He who would gather immortal palms must not Whoso would be a man , must be a nonconform- SELF ...
Page 54
... Virtues are , in the popular estimate , rather the exception 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 exception 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 59
... virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . are . There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions , so they be each honest and natural in their hour . For of one will ...
... virtue or vice only by overt actions , and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment . are . There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions , so they be each honest and natural in their hour . For of one will ...
Page 60
... 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 con- sciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on ...
... 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 con- sciousness of a train of great days and victories behind . They shed an united light on ...
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