New MiscellaniesTicknor and Fields, 1860 - 375 páginas |
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... moral evil till they almost fancy at times that they can set the world right , simply by righting its lowest material arrangements . The complaint is perfectly true . They have been ignorant of human nature ; they have forgotten the ...
... moral evil till they almost fancy at times that they can set the world right , simply by righting its lowest material arrangements . The complaint is perfectly true . They have been ignorant of human nature ; they have forgotten the ...
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... morally . bound to keep itself in existence ; for is it not bound to believe that it can govern the country better than any other knot of men ? But its only chance of self - preservation is to know , with Hesiod's wise man , " how much ...
... morally . bound to keep itself in existence ; for is it not bound to believe that it can govern the country better than any other knot of men ? But its only chance of self - preservation is to know , with Hesiod's wise man , " how much ...
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... morality is made up of the lowest and narrowest maxims of the commercial world , unbalanced by that public spirit , that political knowledge , that practical energy , that respect for the good opinion of his fellows , which elevate the ...
... morality is made up of the lowest and narrowest maxims of the commercial world , unbalanced by that public spirit , that political knowledge , that practical energy , that respect for the good opinion of his fellows , which elevate the ...
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... morality is difficult , and common de- cency impossible . They will not give up- Heaven forbid that they should give up their special good works ! but they will surely throw the weight of their names , their talents , their earnestness ...
... morality is difficult , and common de- cency impossible . They will not give up- Heaven forbid that they should give up their special good works ! but they will surely throw the weight of their names , their talents , their earnestness ...
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... moral and physical superiority of mountain races , for I tell you it is a dream . Civilization , art , poetry , belong to the lowlands . Are the English mountain- eers , pray , or the French , or the Germans ? Were the Egyptians ...
... moral and physical superiority of mountain races , for I tell you it is a dream . Civilization , art , poetry , belong to the lowlands . Are the English mountain- eers , pray , or the French , or the Germans ? Were the Egyptians ...
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Página 317 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 285 - As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Página 81 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies...
Página 117 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are : I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear, Till death, like sleep, might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Página 81 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!
Página 117 - Nor fame, nor power, nor love, nor leisure. Others I see whom these surround ; Smiling they live, and call life pleasure ; To me that cup has been dealt in another measure.
Página 316 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Página 198 - He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread : but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Página 114 - The mind which is immortal makes itself Requital for its good or evil thoughts, Is its own origin of ill and end, And its own place and time...
Página 291 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.