Points of ViewC. Scribner's sons, 1924 - 361 páginas |
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... , except by reference to what they actually believe in . That is an elementary principle of religious tactics which any book agent could explain to Mr. Bryan . The book agent comes to the door with a book which TOWARDS AN AMERICAN TYPE 13.
... , except by reference to what they actually believe in . That is an elementary principle of religious tactics which any book agent could explain to Mr. Bryan . The book agent comes to the door with a book which TOWARDS AN AMERICAN TYPE 13.
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... principles and those objects which men work for , and spend their money for , and appear to find solid and per- manent satisfaction in . Whatever these principles and objects may be , these are the molds upon which we must principally ...
... principles and those objects which men work for , and spend their money for , and appear to find solid and per- manent satisfaction in . Whatever these principles and objects may be , these are the molds upon which we must principally ...
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... principles which they do not accept — which have never been a part of their be- liefs . Very well . Let us drop " Puritanism , " what- ever its injunctions may be in this connection . Let us merely ask the liquor champions whether they ...
... principles which they do not accept — which have never been a part of their be- liefs . Very well . Let us drop " Puritanism , " what- ever its injunctions may be in this connection . Let us merely ask the liquor champions whether they ...
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... principle of beauty . Consider whether it is better to change and be living than to be unchanged and dead . Eschew pedantry and make much of fine art : it possesses a secret of eternal life . Be your residence urban or rural , there is ...
... principle of beauty . Consider whether it is better to change and be living than to be unchanged and dead . Eschew pedantry and make much of fine art : it possesses a secret of eternal life . Be your residence urban or rural , there is ...
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... principle we are still within shouting distance of one another . We have preserved our ' illusions . ' We have not yet learned to look upon words as merely patterns made in a child's game of letters . We believe that there are important ...
... principle we are still within shouting distance of one another . We have preserved our ' illusions . ' We have not yet learned to look upon words as merely patterns made in a child's game of letters . We believe that there are important ...
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Página 66 - All strength, all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah, with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones, — I pass them unalarmed.
Página 161 - The literature of the poor, the feelings of the child, the philosophy of the street, the meaning of household life, are the topics of the time.
Página 73 - Lifting himself out of the lowly dust On golden plumes up to the purest skie...
Página 143 - I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things, that it were better, my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious; with more offences at my beck, than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in: What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven?
Página 162 - I want the flower and fruit of a man ; that some fragrance be wafted over from him to me, and some ripeness flavor our intercourse. His goodness must not be a partial and transitory act, but a constant superfluity, which costs him nothing and of which he is unconscious.
Página 162 - I embrace the common; I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and future worlds.
Página 253 - When I a verse shall make, Know I have pray'd thee, For old religion's sake, Saint Ben, to aid me. Make the way smooth for me, When, I, thy Herrick, Honouring thee on my knee Offer my Lyric. Candles l11 give to thee, And a new altar ; And thou, Saint Ben, shalt be Writ in my psalter.
Página 66 - But that which did please me beyond any thing in the whole world was the wind-musique when the angel comes down, which is so sweet that it ravished me, and indeed, in a word, did wrap up my soul so that it made me really sick, just as I have formerly been when in love with my wife...
Página 156 - It is therefore our business carefully to cultivate in our minds, to rear to the most perfect vigor and maturity, every sort of generous and honest feeling, that belongs to our nature. To bring the dispositions that are lovely in private life into the service and conduct of the commonwealth; so to be patriots, as not to forget we are gentlemen.
Página 160 - Hundreds of writers may be found in every longcivilized nation, who for a short time believe, and make others believe, that they see and utter truths, who do not of themselves clothe one thought in its natural garment, but who feed unconsciously upon the language created by the primary writers of the country, those, namely, who hold primarily on Nature.