Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 67
... already . He has not one chance , but a hundred chances . Let a Stoic open the resources of man , and tell men they are not leaning willows , but can and must detach themselves ; that with the exer- cise of self - trust , new powers ...
... already . He has not one chance , but a hundred chances . Let a Stoic open the resources of man , and tell men they are not leaning willows , but can and must detach themselves ; that with the exer- cise of self - trust , new powers ...
Page 68
... already the evil begins to be repaired . Our sympa- thy is just as base . We come to them who weep foolishly , and sit down and cry for company , instead of imparting to them truth and health in rough elec- tric shocks , putting them ...
... already the evil begins to be repaired . Our sympa- thy is just as base . We come to them who weep foolishly , and sit down and cry for company , instead of imparting to them truth and health in rough elec- tric shocks , putting them ...
Page 92
... already blooms in the cause , the end preëxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . - Whilst thus the world will be whole , and refuses to be disparted , we seek to act partially , to sunder , to appropriate ; for example , to ...
... already blooms in the cause , the end preëxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . - Whilst thus the world will be whole , and refuses to be disparted , we seek to act partially , to sunder , to appropriate ; for example , to ...
Page 127
... in- stead of converting it into the obedient spiracle of your character and aims . man is lost . Until he can We like only such actions as have already long had the praise of men , and do not perceive SPIRITUAL LAWS . 127.
... in- stead of converting it into the obedient spiracle of your character and aims . man is lost . Until he can We like only such actions as have already long had the praise of men , and do not perceive SPIRITUAL LAWS . 127.
Page 153
... already a be- nevolence which shall lose all particular regards in its general light . The introduction to this felicity is in a private and tender relation of one to one , which is the enchantment of human life ; which , like a cer ...
... already a be- nevolence which shall lose all particular regards in its general light . The introduction to this felicity is in a private and tender relation of one to one , which is the enchantment of human life ; which , like a cer ...
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