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Page 23
The law of my being is on me , and the ideal standard seeking to be realized in
my mind bids me demand perfection from all I see . To say how far each object
answers this demand is my criticism . Poet . If one object does not satisfy you ,
pass ...
The law of my being is on me , and the ideal standard seeking to be realized in
my mind bids me demand perfection from all I see . To say how far each object
answers this demand is my criticism . Poet . If one object does not satisfy you ,
pass ...
Page 24
I cannot pass on till I know what I feel and why . An object that defies my utmost
rigor of scrutiny is a new step on the stair I am making to the Olympian tables .
Poet . I think you will not know the gods when you get there , if I may judge from
the ...
I cannot pass on till I know what I feel and why . An object that defies my utmost
rigor of scrutiny is a new step on the stair I am making to the Olympian tables .
Poet . I think you will not know the gods when you get there , if I may judge from
the ...
Page 37
... of fate , while neither am I downcast by any terrors , Nor store up secret griefs in
my heart , But pass my days cheerfully in the midst of mishaps , Despite the evils
which engird the earth , Secking the way above the stars with ardent virtue .
... of fate , while neither am I downcast by any terrors , Nor store up secret griefs in
my heart , But pass my days cheerfully in the midst of mishaps , Despite the evils
which engird the earth , Secking the way above the stars with ardent virtue .
Page 38
Whence still more ample grace shall be showered upon us , Each and all
yielding to our prayer , For , if liberty be dear , it is permitted To roam through the
loveliest regions obvious to innumerable heavens , And gather , as we pass , the
...
Whence still more ample grace shall be showered upon us , Each and all
yielding to our prayer , For , if liberty be dear , it is permitted To roam through the
loveliest regions obvious to innumerable heavens , And gather , as we pass , the
...
Page 51
The darkness which I experience , less oppressive than that of the tomb , is ,
owing to the singular goodness of the Deity , passed amid the pursuits of
literature and the cheering salutations of friendship . But if , as THE PROSE
WORKS OF ...
The darkness which I experience , less oppressive than that of the tomb , is ,
owing to the singular goodness of the Deity , passed amid the pursuits of
literature and the cheering salutations of friendship . But if , as THE PROSE
WORKS OF ...
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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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