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... pass his own emancipation bill 352 Bubble reputation 353 World made for all mankind 356 Great men and their short - comings 358 Who discriminates ? Genius consists principally in the comprehension of a whole .. 363 362 Morbid impulses ...
... pass his own emancipation bill 352 Bubble reputation 353 World made for all mankind 356 Great men and their short - comings 358 Who discriminates ? Genius consists principally in the comprehension of a whole .. 363 362 Morbid impulses ...
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... Passing with rapidity from one object to another , selecting from the group whatever suits our purpose , to some will appear disorderly . We never said our writings were prophetic of a Millennium ; true , our aims are not less high . We ...
... Passing with rapidity from one object to another , selecting from the group whatever suits our purpose , to some will appear disorderly . We never said our writings were prophetic of a Millennium ; true , our aims are not less high . We ...
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... pass away in per- petual uncertainty , unless the novelty of objects , and the flexibility of his brain in infancy , gave to the impression of his early years a character not to be effaced . At that period are formed the tastes and ...
... pass away in per- petual uncertainty , unless the novelty of objects , and the flexibility of his brain in infancy , gave to the impression of his early years a character not to be effaced . At that period are formed the tastes and ...
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... pass in the world for sects and schools , for erudition and piety ; and we are all the time jejune babes . " Well may Emerson affirm- " There is no permanent wise man , except in the figment of the stoics . " Who has belief and love ? A ...
... pass in the world for sects and schools , for erudition and piety ; and we are all the time jejune babes . " Well may Emerson affirm- " There is no permanent wise man , except in the figment of the stoics . " Who has belief and love ? A ...
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... pass through life only to glitter in the circles of fashion , to seek admiration for personal attractions and accomplishments , for dressing , playing , dancing , or riding , -whose life is but the life of a butterfly , when it should ...
... pass through life only to glitter in the circles of fashion , to seek admiration for personal attractions and accomplishments , for dressing , playing , dancing , or riding , -whose life is but the life of a butterfly , when it should ...
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Page 22 - tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many; either to have it steril with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 410 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 195 - And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
Page 55 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Page 401 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 28 - As when some one peculiar quality Doth so possess a man, that it doth draw All his affects, his spirits, and his powers, In their confluctions, all to run one way, This may be truly said to be a humour.
Page 221 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 360 - Gray ! And warm thy old heart with a glass." "Nay, but credit I've none, And my money's all gone ; Then say how may that come to pass ? "Well-a-day !" " Hie away to the house on the brow, Gaffer Gray ! And knock at the jolly priest's door.
Page 120 - And prais'd be rashness for it. —Let us know. Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, When our deep plots do pall; and that should teach us, There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough hew them how we will.
Page 124 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. 18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ...