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Page 4
In the preface to this volume Margaret expressed a desire and intention to
publish , at some future period , further literary criticisms , together with some
original essays . That purpose she did not remain on earth to execute ; but , in the
new ...
In the preface to this volume Margaret expressed a desire and intention to
publish , at some future period , further literary criticisms , together with some
original essays . That purpose she did not remain on earth to execute ; but , in the
new ...
Page 6
To those of my friends , who have often expressed a wish that I “ could find time to
write , ” it will be a satisfaction to know ... in my life when it has been permitted me
to make my pen my chief means of expressing my thoughts , yet I have written ...
To those of my friends , who have often expressed a wish that I “ could find time to
write , ” it will be a satisfaction to know ... in my life when it has been permitted me
to make my pen my chief means of expressing my thoughts , yet I have written ...
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They breathe its life ; they live in its law ; they tell what it meant , and why it sot
expressed its meaning . They reproduce the work of which they speak , and make
it better known to us in so far as two statements are better than one . There are ...
They breathe its life ; they live in its law ; they tell what it meant , and why it sot
expressed its meaning . They reproduce the work of which they speak , and make
it better known to us in so far as two statements are better than one . There are ...
Page 16
He must have as good an eye and as fine a sense ; but if he had as fine an organ
for expression also , he would make the poem instead of judging it . He must be
inspired by the philosopher ' s spirit of inquiry and need of generalization , but ...
He must have as good an eye and as fine a sense ; but if he had as fine an organ
for expression also , he would make the poem instead of judging it . He must be
inspired by the philosopher ' s spirit of inquiry and need of generalization , but ...
Page 26
Such fulness of expression pervades these fields , these trees , that it excites , not
rapture , but a blissful sense of peace . Yet , even were this permanent in the
secluded lot , would I accept it in exchange for the bitter sweet of a wider , freer
life ...
Such fulness of expression pervades these fields , these trees , that it excites , not
rapture , but a blissful sense of peace . Yet , even were this permanent in the
secluded lot , would I accept it in exchange for the bitter sweet of a wider , freer
life ...
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| Title | Art, Literature, and the Drama |
| Author | Margaret Fuller |
| Editor | Arthur Buckminster Fuller |
| Publisher | Brown, Taggard & Chase, 1860 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 449 pages |
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