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Page 14
They love , they like , or they hate ; the book is detestable , immoral , absurd , or
admirable , noble , of a most approved scope ; — these statements they make
with authority , as those who bear the evangel of pure taste and accurate
judgment ...
They love , they like , or they hate ; the book is detestable , immoral , absurd , or
admirable , noble , of a most approved scope ; — these statements they make
with authority , as those who bear the evangel of pure taste and accurate
judgment ...
Page 18
It misses the pure , the full tone of truth ; it perceives that the voice is modu . lated
to coax , to persuade , and it turns from the judicious man of EN VERS VIC TEUN
. THE the world , calculating the effect to be produced by. SITY OF.
It misses the pure , the full tone of truth ; it perceives that the voice is modu . lated
to coax , to persuade , and it turns from the judicious man of EN VERS VIC TEUN
. THE the world , calculating the effect to be produced by. SITY OF.
Page 19
But if he adapts his work to us , if he stifles what is distinctively his , if he shows
himself either arrogant or mean , or , above all , if he wants faith in the healthy
action of free thought , and the safety of pure motive , we will not talk with him , for
we ...
But if he adapts his work to us , if he stifles what is distinctively his , if he shows
himself either arrogant or mean , or , above all , if he wants faith in the healthy
action of free thought , and the safety of pure motive , we will not talk with him , for
we ...
Page 24
I must examine , compare , sift , and winnow ; what can bear this ordeal remains
to me as pure gold . 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
...
I must examine , compare , sift , and winnow ; what can bear this ordeal remains
to me as pure gold . 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
...
Page 29
... I wondered a little at the boundless affection they declared . Our mother has
long and often told me of your pure and beneficent life , and I know what you
have done for this place and people , but , as I remember , you THE TWO
HERBERTS .
... I wondered a little at the boundless affection they declared . Our mother has
long and often told me of your pure and beneficent life , and I know what you
have done for this place and people , but , as I remember , you THE TWO
HERBERTS .
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Bibliographic information
| 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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